Planet Q Is 3.6 x 10^6km Planet R Is 1.6 x 10^7km

What Is The Shortest Distance Between Planet Q And R (Answer In Standard Form)

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1.64×10⁷ km

Step-by-step explanation:

We know this is a triangle rectangle, so we apply the Pythagorean Theorem

QR=sqrt(PR²+PQ²)

Solving it, we will encounter in

sqrt(2.56×10¹⁴+1.296×10¹³)

to solve it, we need to bring the two numbers at the same power of ten, so we move 1.296 of one place to the left:

sqrt(2.56×10¹⁴+0.1296×10¹⁴)

we can now add the two numbers:

sqrt(2.6896×10¹⁴)

to solve this, we do the square root of 2.6896 and divide 14 by two (the index of the root is 2, so for roots' properties we can divide 14 by 2 - the index)

which gives us

1.64×10⁷

given that triangle abc is transformed two times to get triangle

a"b"c"

first abc is transformed in to a'b'c' as follows:

the coordinates of a are (1,-1) and transformed into a'(-1,1)

similarly b (4,-2) became b'(-4,2) and

c(7,-2) became c'(-7,2)

i.e. (x,y) becomes (-x,-y)

this is nothing but reflection about a point here origin.

thus first transformation is reflection on the origin.

next is exactly shifting 3 units down

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