Consider that point A is reflected across the x-axis. What is the distance between point A and the point of its reflection?

Question

asked Aug 23, 2021 9.0k views

1 Answer

Irfanullah Jan · Answer 1 · 2021-08-27T21:27:48+0000

Answer:

It would be 2 x the absolute value of the y coordinate.

Explanation:

Example:

(5,-3)

Absolute value of y-coordinate is 3 and distance would equal 2 x 3 = 6 units apart.