Question

Think about how you can use absolute value notation to express the distance between two points on a coordinate graph. For each pair of points below, find the distance between the given points and express your work using absolute value symbols.

(4, 9) and ( –5, 9)
(7, –1) and (7, –4)
(0, 9) and (0, –7)
(4, –8) and (–10, –8)

Answer 1

1. |4| + |-5| = 9
2. |-1| + |-4| = 5
3. |9| + |-7| = 16
4. |4| + |-10| = 14

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