How do you find the length of the line segment between the points (5,1) and (5,6)?

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How do you find the length of the line segment between the points (5,1) and (5,6)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-13T21:03:05

You may find the distance by looking directly at the disposition of your points on the Cartesian Plane as:
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and you see the length that is going to be #5#.
Or you can use the analytical expression for the length of a segment:
#d=sqrt((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)#
#d=sqrt((5-5)^2+(1-6)^2)=5#

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How do you find the length of the line segment between the points (5,1) and (5,6)?

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