Question

ASAP

Given the ordered pairs (-10,3) and (10,-6), what is the vertical distance between the points?
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1

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

• The vertical distance means you are moving directly up or directly down
• So which axis is vertical? The y axis right?
• So what is difference between each y coordinate?
• 
  `distance=|y_2-y_1|=|3-(-6)|=|9|=9`
• The upstanding braces you see mean magnitude or absolute value
• It prevent the answer from being negative in short. because distance can't be negative