1.) Willy is standing 30 m due north of point P. Grace is standing 60m due west of point P. What is the shortest distance between Willy and Grace?

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1.) Willy is standing 30 m due north of point P. Grace is standing 60m due west of point P. What is the shortest distance between Willy and Grace?

 

2.) What is the slope of a line m that passes through ( 0, -4) and ( 6, 25)? If line n is parallel to line m, what is the slope of line n? If line p is perpendicular to line m, what is the slope of line p?

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