Question

A coordinate map of the local grocery store is shown below. Hot dogs are located at the point (6,4) Mustard is located at the point (6,-3) how far are the hot dogs from the mustard?

Answer 1

The distance between the 2 locations = 7 units

Explanation:

Step 1:

Given,

Location of Hot dogs = (6,4)

Location of Mustard = (6,-3)

We need to find the distance between the two locations

Step 2:

Since the x coordinates of both the location are the same , they lie in the same line.

The first location is 4 units above the x axis and the second location is 3 units below the x axis.

Hence the distance between the 2 locations 4-(-3) = 7 units

Step 3 :

Answer :

The distance between the 2 locations = 7 units