Problem

What is the distance, on a coordinate plane, between the points $G(4,0)$ and $D(-8,0)$ ?

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\(\boxed{12}\)

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Step 1 :Given points G(4,0) and D(-8,0)

Step 2 :Since both points have the same y-coordinate (0), we can simply find the difference between their x-coordinates to find the distance

Step 3 :\(distance = |x_G - x_D| = |4 - (-8)| = |4 + 8| = |12|\)

Step 4 :\(\boxed{12}\)

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