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1. A grand tour of four cities begins at city A and makes successive stops at cities B, C,
and D before returning to city A. If the cities are located as shown in the
accompanying figure, find the total distance covered on the tour. The units are in
miles.
0-900,800)
400,300)
D1-800,0)
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Using distance between two points, it is found that the total distance covered on the tour is of 3400 miles.

Given two points [tex](x_1,y_1)[/tex] and [tex](x_2,y_2)[/tex], their distance is given by:

[tex]D = \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2}[/tex]

In this problem, the formula is used to find the distance covered on each tour, hence:

[tex]d_{AB} = \sqrt{(400 - 0)^2 + (300 - 0)^2} = 500[/tex]

[tex]d_{BC} = \sqrt{(-800 - 400)^2 + (800 - 300)^2} = 1300[/tex]

[tex]d_{CD} = \sqrt{(-800 - (-800))^2 + (0 - 800)^2} = 800[/tex]

[tex]d_{DA} = \sqrt{(0 - (-800))^2 + (0 - 0)^2} = 800[/tex]

Then, the total distance is given by the sum of each separate distance, hence:

[tex]d = d_{AB} + d_{BC} + d_{CD} + d_{DA} = 500 + 1300 + 800 + 800 = 3400[/tex]

The total distance covered on the tour is of 3400 miles.

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