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What's the distance between the points (7,3) and (7,–8)?

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Answer:

The distance between (7, 3) & (7, -8) is 11

Explanation:

I used distance formula for the following explanation attached with an image.

Hope this explanation helps!
What's the distance between the points (7,3) and (7,–8)?-example-1
User Ramesh Rajendran
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Answer:

11

Explanation:

The distance is found by

d =sqrt ( (x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2)

= sqrt( ( 7-7)^2 +(3 - -8)^2)

= sqrt(0 +(3+8)^2)

= sqrt( 11^2)

= 11

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