What is the length of the line segment shown on this coordinate grid? First quadrant coordinate grid with a line segment connecting points (1, 7) and (8, 7)

Answer :

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a line segment connecting points (1, 7) and (8, 7) would have slope
          7-7
m = ------------- = 0.
           8-1

Since this is a horiz line, we can safely state that it crosses the y-axis at y = 7.  The length of this line segment is 8-1, or 7 (answer).

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