Question

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What is the distance between the points (10, 3) and (10, -9) in the xy-plane?
12 units
6 units
19 units
10 units

Answer 1

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Answer 2

umm..Thank you but I just need help on my question, do you think you can help me?

Answer 3

yes :) which answer choices can you eliminate?

Answer 4

er.. 6?

Answer 5

if the x coordinates are the same, then you can simply subtract the y coordinates and take the absolute value to ensure it's positive.

Answer 6

Ok

Answer 7

ok subtract 10-10 -X values
3-9-Y values

Answer 8

12?????

Answer 9

no try again however you would get a negative answer but its not here :(

Answer 10

umm i am in study island and they said 12 was the answer

Answer 11

@jim_thompson5910 can you explain this im confused

Answer 12

pooja195, distance is never negative

Answer 13

subtract the y coords and take the absolute value

|3 - (-9)| = |3 + 9| = |12| = 12

or

|-9 - 3| = |-12| = 12

Answer 14

Thank you! for the explanition

Answer 15

ah! that explains it thank you :D

Answer 16

:)

Answer 17

again, this only works because the x coordinates are the same

Answer 18

right :)