Area and Distance on Coordinate Plane

What is the rule for finding the distance between two points on the coordinate plane if the two points are in the SAME quadrant?

• Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are the SAME and SUBTRACT them.

• Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are DIFFERENT and SUBTRACT them.

• Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are the SAME and ADD them.

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  Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are DIFFERENT and ADD them.

What is the rule for finding the distance between two points on the coordinate plane if the two points are in DIFFERENT quadrants?

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  Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are the SAME and SUBTRACT them.

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  Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are DIFFERENT and SUBTRACT them.

• Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are the SAME and ADD them.

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  Find the absolute value of the coordinate that are DIFFERENT and ADD them.

What is the distance between the following ordered pairs: (5, 6) and (5, 8)

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  3 units |8|-|5| = 3

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  5 units because the x value is 5.

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  1 units |6| - |5| = 1

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  2 units |8| - |6| = 2

What is the length of segment PQ?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is the length of the longest side of the rectangle?

• 4 units

• 5 units

• 2 units

• 3 units

Find the length of the line segment.

What is the length of the shortest side of the rectangle?

• 4 units

• 5 units

• 2 units

• 3 units

What is the area of the shape?

• 35 units squared

• not enough information

• 24 units squared

• 22 units squared

Points ABCD form a rectangle. What would point D be if points ABC were located at:

A (-3, 5) B (7, 5) C (7, -1)

• D (5, 7)

• D (-1,-3)

• D (-1, 7)

• D (-3,-1)

The vertices of the floor of a tree house are plotted at J (2, 1), K (2, 8), L(9, 8), and M (9, 1) on a coordinate plane. The coordinates are measured in feet. The area of the tree house is _____.