Question

What is the distance between the points (6,-3) and (6,5)?

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

`\sqrt{(6-6)^(2)+(-3-5)^(2)}`

=>
`√(64)`

=> 8

Answer 2

8

Explanation:

Usually we would have to use a formula to find the distance between the two points, however the x values of both coordinates are the same therefore we can find the distance between the two points by subtracting the smaller y value (-3 ) from the larger y value ( 5 )

Distance = 5 - ( - 3 )

* the two negative signs cancels out *

5 + 3 = 8

The distance between the two points is 8 units