Walk through deriving a general formula for the distance between two points. Distance 60 miles 1 hour2 hours distance 120 miles distance 60 miles 1 hour 2 hours distance 120 miles In general the formula relating distance rate and time is distanceratetime distance rate time. If you drive a car or have ever flown in an airplane youve probably noticed that time speed and distance are related.
If you drive a car or have ever flown in an airplane youve probably noticed that time speed and distance are related.
The math to calculate the distance might look like this. Mathematically if you want to determine the distance between two points on a coordinate plane you use the distance formula. If we remember where the formulas come from is may be easier to remember the formulas. D x 2 x 1 2 y 2 y 1 2.