Distance Between Ordered Pairs

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What is an ordered pair?

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An ordered pair is a pair of numbers used to represent a point in a coordinate system, written in the form (x, y), where x is the horizontal coordinate and y is the vertical coordinate.

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How do you identify the x-coordinate in an ordered pair?

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The x-coordinate is the first number in an ordered pair (x, y) and represents the horizontal position on the coordinate plane.

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How do you identify the y-coordinate in an ordered pair?

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The y-coordinate is the second number in an ordered pair (x, y) and represents the vertical position on the coordinate plane.

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What is the distance formula for two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

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The distance formula is: Distance = √((x2 - x1)² + (y2 - y1)²).

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What is the distance between the ordered pairs (3, 4) and (3, 10)?

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The distance is 6 units.

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What is the distance between the ordered pairs (0, 0) and (5, 0)?

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The distance is 5 units.

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What is the distance between the ordered pairs (2, 3) and (2, -1)?

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The distance is 4 units.

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What happens to the distance if the x-coordinates of two points are the same?

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If the x-coordinates are the same, the distance is determined solely by the difference in the y-coordinates.

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What happens to the distance if the y-coordinates of two points are the same?

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If the y-coordinates are the same, the distance is determined solely by the difference in the x-coordinates.

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Calculate the distance between the ordered pairs (-8, 4) and (11, 4).

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The distance is 19 units.