Question

On a map ,shantis house is located at (-5,6) and the middle school is located at (-5,-4) and the elementary school is located at (4,-4) How far is shanti from the middle school?

Answer 1

Shanti is 10 units away from the middle school

Explanation:

Plot the given points on an x-y coordinate set of axes as shown in the attached image.

Notice that Shanti's location is given with an orange point, and that the middle school location with a green point.

Since they both have the same x-coordinate value (-5), it is very simple to calculate the distance in between them by simply counting the number of units that separate them vertically.

If you do such you get your answer: 10 units.