What is the distance between the points (11, -17) and (-12, -17) in the coordinate plane?
The distance between two points in the coordinate plane with coordinates (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is given by the formula:
distance = √((x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²)
Using this formula, we can calculate the distance between the points (11, -17) and (-12, -17):
distance = √((-12 - 11)² + (-17 - (-17))²)
= √((-23)² + 0²)
= √(529 + 0)
= √(529)
= 23
Therefore, the distance between the points (11, -17) and (-12, -17) is 23 units.