Question

What is the length of the line segment with endpoints (?14, ?5) and (?14, 15) ?

Answer 1

10 units

Explanation:

since the x- coordinates of both points are 14 , then the 2 points lie on the same vertical line.

the length of the segment is then the absolute value of the difference in the y- coordinates, that is

length = | 15 - 5 | = | 10 | = 10 units

or

length = | 5 - 15 | = | - 10 | = | 10 | = 10 units