SOLUTION: find the distance between (3,0) and (-8, 0)

Question 62605: find the distance between (3,0) and (-8, 0)
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Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first number is the x co-ordinate and the second is the y co-ordinate. As both y co-ordinates are 0 then the points are both on the x axis and they will be 3-(-8) apart which is 11.
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the distance between (3,0) and (-8, 0)
The distance formula is
(x1,y1)=(3,0) and (x2,y2)=(-8,0)

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Note, when both the x's or y's are 0 as in this case you can take the absoulte value of their difference rather than using the distance formula, but the distance formula works every time.
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