Question

What is the distance between (2, 5) and (-3, 5)?

Answer 1

The distance between (2, 5) and (-3, 5) is 5 units.

Answer 2

5 units

Explanation:

since the y- coordinates are equal, both 5, then this is a horizontal line.

the distance between the points is then the absolute difference of the x- coordinates, that is

distance = | - 3 - 2 | = | - 5 | = | 5 | = 5 units

or

distance = | 2 - (- 3) | = | 2 + 3 | = | 5 | = 5 units