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what is the formula for finding the vertical distance vetween to points on a coordinate plane? Will give branilyest

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Take the absolute value of the difference of the y-coordinates of the two points.

For points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), the vertical distance is |y2 - y1| or |y1 - y2|.

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