Question

What is the distance between the points (8, 3) and (8, –6)?

Please help guide me through it -- I don't want you to just give me the answer.

Answer 1

I'll help :p

Answer 2

Awesome <:

Answer 3

Wait, is it 9 points?

Answer 4

\[\huge d = \sqrt{(x _{2}-x _{1})^{2}+(y _{2}-y _{1})^{2}}\]

Answer 5

Distance formula

Answer 6

8-8^2 _ (3-6)^2
0^2 + (-3)^2
\[\sqrt{9}\]
equals 3
The distance is always positive

Answer 7

And use the distance formula that @iambatman provided

Answer 8

Oh, I see now

Answer 9

Thank you both!