Question

Find the distance between the points (8,–2) and (8,7)

Answer 1

9 units

Explanation:

We see that on the x-axis, everything is equal.

On the y-axis, there are -2 and 7.

So we are finding the distance between -2 and 7

|-2|+|7|=9

So the distance between the points is 9 units.