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Planning Emergency Routes Problem 1.2 Euclid’s chief of police has hired you to map out emergency routes that will allow paramedics and police officers to arrive at the scene of an accident as quickly as possible. She wants the plan to include routes for
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Planning Emergency RoutesProblem 1.2
Euclid’s chief of police has hired you to map out emergency routes that will allow paramedics and
police officers to arrive at the scene of an accident as quickly as possible. She wants the
plan to include routes for automobiles & helicopters
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Art Museum
Gas Station
Stadium
Hospital Cemetery
Animal shelter
Greenhouse
Police Station
1) Give the coordinates of each location, and give precise directions for an emergency car route from the starting location to the ending location.2) Find the total distance, in blocks, a police car would have to travel to get from the starting location to the ending location along your route.
Police station to City Hall
Hospital to City Hall
Hospital to the Art Museum
Police Station the the Stadium
4 blocks
10 blocks
17 blocks
9 blocks
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Art Museum
Gas Station
Stadium
Hospital Cemetery
Animal shelter
Greenhouse
Police Station
B) A helicopter can travel directly from one point to another. Find the total distance, in blocks, a helicopter would have to
travel to get from one starting location to the ending location. You may find it helpful to use a centimeter ruler (1 cm = 1 block)
Police station to City Hall
Hospital to City Hall
Hospital to the Art Museum
Police Station the the Stadium
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-10 -5 5 10City Hall
Art Museum
Gas Station
Stadium
Hospital Cemetery
Animal shelter
Greenhouse
Police Station
B) A helicopter can travel directly from one point to another. Find the total distance, in blocks, a helicopter would have to
travel to get from one starting location to the ending location. You may find it helpful to use a centimeter ruler (1 cm = 1 block)
Police station to City Hall
Hospital to City Hall
Hospital to the Art Museum
Police Station the the Stadium
4 blocks
About 7.2 blocks
13 blocks
About 7.3 blocks
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Art Museum
Gas Station
Stadium
Hospital Cemetery
Animal shelter
Greenhouse
Police Station
1) How much farther is it from the greenhouse to the stadium by car than by helicopter?
2) How much farther is it from the hospital to the art museum by car than by helicopter?
3)Will the helicopter distance between two locations always be shorter than the car distance?
2 blocks farther by car.
4 blocks farther by car.
The helicopter distance will always be shorter unless the two points are in a vertical or horizontal straight line, in which case the distances are equal.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
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