Respuesta :

sqdancefan

Answer:

  7

Step-by-step explanation:

Both points are on the horizontal line y = -5. The distance between them is the difference of their x-coordinates:

  2 -(-5) = 2+5 = 7

The distance between the points is 7 units.

tunchxz

Answer:

The distance between the points (2, -5) and (-5, -5) on a coordinate plane is 7 units.

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance Formula:  [tex]d=\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_{1})^{2}+(y_{2}-y_{1})^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]d=\sqrt{(-5-2)^{2}+(-5-(-5))^{2}}\\d=\sqrt{(-7)^{2}+(0)^{2}}\\d=\sqrt{49}\\d=7[/tex]