Question

what ithe distance from (3 1/2,5) to (3 1/2,-12)

Answer 1

Since the y coordinate is the same for both points we only need to know the change in the x coordinates to find the distance between these two points.

5--12=17

So these two points are 17 units apart.

Answer 2

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Questions like these are really simple to answer, for one, all you have to know is Rise over Run (or Rise/Run)...

This being:
Rise: the distance from one y value to the other...
Run: the distance from one x value to the other...

Naturally graph points are represented as (x, y).
So, all we need to is do the math....

For Rise: the distance from 5 to -12 is 17...
For Run: the distance from 3.5 (or 3 1/2) to 3.5 is 0, but because the denominator of ANY fraction can never be 0, we will change it to 1...

So, our equation looks like: 17/1 (or 17 over 1)...
And our answer is: The 2 points are EXACTLY 17 units apart...