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What is the distance between the points (7,5) and (7, -8) on a coordinate plane?

User Hitzi
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Answer:

13

Explanation:

Since 5 is positive and 8 is negative, then you can just add the two.

5 + 8 = 13

Or use the distance formula:

Distance =
\sqrt{(x_(2) - x_(1)) ^(2) + (y_(2) - y_(1))^(2) }}\\\\\sqrt{(7 -7) ^(2) + (5 - (-8)) ^(2)}\\\\√(0 + 169) \\\\Approximately 13\\

User Yashar Ahmadov
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Answer:

It should be 13

Explanation:

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