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Help please! “Find the distance between the points (-4, 4) and (7, 4) (this is usually easy but the graph isn’t there and we just started the subject, so it’s hard :’))

User Rmlumley
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Answer:

11 units

Explanation:

You want the distance between the points (-4, 4) and (7, 4).

Horizontal line

The y-values are the same for the two given points, telling you this is a horizontal line. That means the length of it is the difference of the x-coordinates:

7 -(-4) = 11

The distance between the two points is 11 units.

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Additional comment

You are welcome to draw your own graph when one is not provided. You can also use the distance formula:

d = √((x2 -x1)² +(y2 -y1)²)

d = √((7 -(-4))² +(4 -4)²) = √(11² +0) = 11

Help please! “Find the distance between the points (-4, 4) and (7, 4) (this is usually-example-1
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