Distance Between Points on a Horizontal or Vertical Line

What is the distance between (11, 16) and (11, -34)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 50 units

• 18 units

• -18 units

• -50 units

What is the distance between -8 and 10 on a number line?

• 17 units

• 13 units

• 18 units

• 3 units

What is the distance between -1 and 10 on a number line?

• 11

• 17

• 2

• -11

How many spaces are there between points (2,3) and (2,7)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many spaces are there between points (-8,6) and (2,6)?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11

When two points are in the same quadrant and their x-coordinates are the same, to find the distance between the two points,

• subtract the absolute value of their y-coordinates.

• subtract the absolute value of their x-coordinates.

• add the absolute value of their y-coordinates.

• add the absolute value of their x-coordinates.

The distance between the coordinates (3, 2) and (3, -5) is

Find the distance between the two ordered pairs.

• 5 units

• 6 units

• 7 units

• 10 units

When finding the distance between 2 points you will IGNORE/cross out the coordinate they SHARE and you will be using the ______________ of the different coordinates.

• opposite

• absolute value

• inverse

What is the distance between points C(3, -3) and D(3, -5)?

• |3| - |-3| = 0

• |3| + |3| = 6

• |-5| + |-3| = 8

• |-5| - |-3| = 2