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Find the distance between the points (4, 6) and (4, -7)

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The distance between two points


P_1=(x_1,y_1),P_2=(x_2,y_2)

Is given by the following formula:


d(P_1,P_2)=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}

Using this formula with our points, we have


\begin{gathered} d((4,6),(4,-7))=\sqrt[]{(4-4)^2+((-7)-6)^2}=\sqrt[]{0+(-13)^2} \\ d((4,6),(4,-7))=|-13|=13 \end{gathered}

The distance between those two points is 13.

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