Question

Find the distance between the points (-16, -16) and (8, -16).

Answer 1

24 units bc -16 to 8 is 24.

Answer 2

24 units

Just add the distance that each is from the origin.

(-16, -16) is 16 away from 0, 0

(8, -16) is 8 away from origin

16 + 8 = 24

This only works because these two points` x-axis coordinates match. It doesn`t work with everything.