Question

What is the distance between the points (7,5) and (7, -8) on a coordinate plane?

Answer 1

Answer:

It should be 13

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

13

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 5 is positive and 8 is negative, then you can just add the two.

5 + 8 = 13

Or use the distance formula:

Distance = $\sqrt{(x_{2} - x_{1}) ^{2} + (y_{2} - y_{1})^{2} }}\\\\\sqrt{(7 -7) ^{2} + (5 - (-8)) ^{2}}\\\\\sqrt{0 + 169} \\\\Approximately 13$