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What is the distance between the two points located at 9,12 and 9,-11

User Tolbard
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Both these points have the same x-values, which means that they lie on the same line. We can subtract the y-values to find the distance.


\sf 12-(-11)

The negatives cancel out:


\sf 12+11


\boxed{\sf 23}

So the two points are 23 units apart from each other.
User Sangam Belose
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