Question

What is the distance between (10,-7) and (10,9) on a coordinate plane? ____ units

Answer 1

Use the distance formula.

Answer 2

\(\sf \sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2}\)

(10, -7), (10, 9)
x1 y1 x2 y2

Answer 3

Plug them in and simplify

Answer 4

what does x1 and y1 x2 and y2 mean?

Answer 5

HELP!!!!

Answer 6

That's from the equation.

Answer 7

Actually we can just add -7 + -9 and ignore the negative sign.

Answer 8

-7 + -9 = ?

Answer 9

16

Answer 10

Yep, that's our answer.