Question

What is the distance between point A (−1, 3) and point B (−7, 3) ?

1 units

3 units

6 units

8 units

Answer 1

Just answered this one in the comments on your other question, but to repeat the answer is 6 units because that's the difference between (-1) and (-7).

Answer 2

The distance between point A and the point B is:

6 Units.

Explanation:

The Cartesian plane is known as 2 perpendicular number lines between them, one horizontal and one vertical, which are cut at a point called the origin.

And the coordinates are given by the values ​​of X and Y (x, y)

Where X are horizontal values ​​and Y are vertical values.

By placing the point (−1, 3) and the point (−7, 3) we realize that two values ​​of Y are exactly the same on the line.

But the values ​​of X are different from each other, so the units of the distance between them are counted.

-7U - (- 1U) = -6U

But since the distance units cannot be negative then the answer is 6 units of distance.