Question

What is the distance between (2, 5) and (2,-5) on the coordinate plane

Answer 1

10 units

Explanation:

Use the distance formula:

`\sqrt{ (x_(2) - x_(1) )^2 -(y_(2) - y_(1) )^2`

Plug in values:

`\sqrt{ (-5-5 )^2 -(2-2 )^2`

`\sqrt 100`

=10 units

Answer 2

10

Explanation:

When you find the distance, you just add both of the numbers as if they were in absolute value 5+|-5|

so then since the x values are the same, you would go up/down 10 spaces on the Y-axis