Giving away 20 points!

Find the distance between the pair of points a(-1,8) and b(-8,4)

Last month, leonhard euler's watch kiosk at the mall had total sales of $9,489. merchandise totaling $225 was returned. the goods that were sold cost leonhard euler's $5,481. operating expenses for the moth were $992. what was the gross profit on sales?

Andy wants to find the distance d across a river. he located points as shown in the figure, then use similar triangles to find that d = 223.5 feet. how can you tell without calculating that he must be wrong? tell what you think he did wrong and correct his error. round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. andy must have used the wrong . the distance d is actually feet.