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Each unit on a coordinate plane represents one mile. One end of a road starts at (-12, -3). The road ends at (6, -3). How long is the road?
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Each unit on a coordinate plane represents one mile. One end of a road starts at (-12, -3). The road ends at (6, -3). How long is the road?

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The distance from x=-12 to x=6 on the horizontal line y=-3 is
.. 6 -(-12) = 18 units

Since each unit represents 1 mile, the road is 18 miles long.
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