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Parth (parthkohli):

Prove that \(\rm |a -b| = |b - a|\)

Parth (parthkohli):

How?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|a-b| = |-(b-a)| = |-1||b-a| = |b-a|

Parth (parthkohli):

Wow, that's the best proof ever. lol How could I not think of it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Are a and b vectors?

Parth (parthkohli):

lol, we're not talking about magnitude.

Parth (parthkohli):

|...| is absolute value.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it makes sense because the distance\[(a,b)=(b,a)\] only if this was mathematical proof

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