What is the distance between the points (7, 8) and (-8, 0) on a coordinate grid?

17 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Moving from (-8, 0) to (7, 8), we see x changing by 15 units from -8 to 7 and y changing by 8 units from 0 to 8.

Regard 15 units as the horizontal leg of a right triangle and 8 units as the vertical leg.  We use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the length of the hypotenuse of this right triangle and interpret the result as the distance between the points:

d = √(15² + 8²) = √289 = 17

The distance between the given points is 17 units.

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.

2/3

step-by-step explanation:

the slope of a line is equal to the rise/run. in this case the line rises 2 units for every +3 units it moves