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nevsk [136]
4 years ago
5

Use the Distance Formula and the x-axis of the coordinate plane. Show why the distance between two points on a number line (the

x-axis) is | a – b |, where a and b are the x-coordinates of the points.
Mathematics
1 answer:
pychu [463]4 years ago
3 0
The points that lie on a number line, or the x-axis, have a y value of 0. Therefore, we can try applying the distance formula on points a and b given that:
a = (a,0)
b = (b,0)
d = √[(x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²]
d = √[(a - b)² + (0 - 0)²]
d = √(a - b)²
d = a - b
Thus, the distance formula still applies to two points on a number line, it is just in a simplified form.
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