The distance between two points on a coordinate plane can always be found by subtracting their x- or y-coordinates. true or false.

This one's a tricky one.  Subtracting the respective coordinates is the first step.  But that in itself doesn't give the distance; there's some squaring and adding and square rooting to do.  I'm going to go with

false

Rather than worry about this confusing question, let's review the distance formula.  I find it easier to think of as the Pythagorean theorem.   The distance r between points (a,b) and (c,d) satisfies

When I'm doing math I usually try to avoid taking a square root.  But if we're asked directly for the distance, it's often unavoidable:

5=10(0)+5

Step-by-step explanation:

1.write the equation y2-y1/x2-x1

2.fill in your coordinates

3.substitute and there is your slope (m)

4.write out y=mx+b

5.fill in y (5) and x (0) with the first coordinates and add 10 to m

6.sunsitute till you've solved b

7.there ya go (: