MEDALS AND FAN

What is the distance between the points (4, 7) and (4, –5)?

A.
0 units

B.
2 units

C.
4 units

D.
12 units

Question

MEDALS AND FAN



What is the distance between the points (4, 7) and (4, –5)?
 
 A.
0 units
 
 B.
2 units
 
 C.
4 units
 
 D.
12 units

anonymous · Answer

D. 12 units

anonymous · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+distance+between+the+points+%284%2C+7%29+and+%284%2C+%E2%80%935%29%3F

welshfella · Answer

No explanation how do it!!

anonymous · Answer

D, because you subtract 7 to get to 4,0 and then - 5 to get -5!!

sammixboo · Answer

Well they are on the same x axis, 4, so now to find that out, add 7 + 5

anonymous · Answer

basically, subtract 12 from 7, what do you get?? -5

anonymous · Answer

Just try out the answer choices:)

welshfella · Answer

yes u can do it that way
but i hate to see what Daniel_Leah did - just gave the answer without an explanation

welshfella · Answer

the link to wolfram helped maybe but an explanation as well would have been better