What is the length of the shortest side of a triangle that has vertices at (-2, 5), (-2, -7), and (-6, -4)?

Given 2 point P(a, b) and Q(c, d), the distance |PQ|

is given by 

i) the distance between points (-2, 5) and (-2, -7) is:


units

ii) the distance between points (-6, -4) and (-2, -7) is:


units

iii) the distance between points (-2, 5) and (-6, -4) is:

 

units.



the shortest distance is the distance between points (-6, -4) and (-2, -7)