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What is the length of the line segment between point (-5,8) and point (-5,-4).

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Answer:

The y-coordinates are the same, so the length of this horizontal line segment is the difference between the x-coordinates.

Length = 7 - (-5) = 12 units

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Answer:

12 would be the distance between the two points

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