Question

What is the distance between these two points on a number line?

–131 and –87

A.
218

B.
44

C.
–44

D.
–218

Answer 1

please help someone

Answer 2

what is their difference?

Answer 3

i think its D.

Answer 4

@Auxuris

Answer 5

You must mean A. Distance is never negative.

Answer 6

okay thank you @geerky42

Answer 7

It's not A though.

Answer 8

or D.

Answer 9

To find difference (distance), you just find the difference of –131 and –87

\(-131 -(-87)\)

Answer 10

After you get your answer, remove negative sign if it is there.

Answer 11

Subtract these two numbers normally. You're trying to figure out the distance between the two points and -218 just adds the two numbers together. Once you find their difference, keep the sign of the largest number.

Answer 12

The difference would be 141-87, which would give you..?

Answer 13

B. ?

Answer 14

look at it this way: