Find the Distance Between Two Points Given Their Coordinates $P$ And $Q$

question 256

Multiple Choice

Find the distance between two points given their coordinates.
-Find the distance between points $P$ and $Q$ on a number line, with coordinates $- 10$ and 3 , respectively.

• A) \(\mathrm { d } ( \mathrm { P } , \mathrm { Q } ) = - 13\)
• B) \(\mathrm { d } ( P , Q ) = 7\)
• C) \(\mathrm { d } ( \mathrm { P } , \mathrm { Q } ) = - 7\)
• D) \(\mathrm { d } ( \mathrm { P } , \mathrm { Q } ) = 13\)

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