Question

Find the distance between a point (-7,-19) and a horizontal line at y = 3 .

Answer 1

The line is horizontal so the x value of the dot doesn’t matter because the x is a horizontal location.

The vertical distance would be the y value to the line.

-19 to 0 would be 19 and from 0 to 3 is 3

Total distance is 19 + 3 = 22

The answer is 22