49. From the front door of his house, Darren walked 9 yards due east and 12 yards due south. What is the shortest distance, in yards, from Darren's starting point to where he stopped? Answer in yards​

in the attachment.   i didn't see your choices.   the word which means there is choices.

step-by-step explanation:

(x,y)

x tells you how much left or right you go from the origin

y tells you how much down or up you go from the origin

so for example (-3,2), you go left 3 and up twice. i denoted which of the ordered pairs is which in my graph.

definitely a. the others have almost all data points on one side of the line.

step-by-step explanation:

80x^8−68x^6+16^5−20x^4−4x^3+8x^2

hope i'm right lol