Question

Which statement BEST describes how to find the distance between -5 and 15?
A)
Add -5 and 15.
B)
Subtract 15 from -5
C)
Subtract 5 from 15.
D)
Subtract -5 from 15, then find the absolute value.

Answer 1

c

Answer 2

Are you sure?

Answer 3

Because its a absolute value term

Answer 4

Find the distance between x and y

step 1) subtract x and y

step 2) apply absolute value to ensure the result is never negative (negative distance makes no sense)

Answer 5

yes, pretty much.

Answer 6

example:

find the distance between 2 and 9

step 1) 2 - 9 = -7

step 2) |-7| = 7 is the distance between the two values on the number line

Answer 7

kk thx

Answer 8

@jim_thompson5910 worked hard too. I better reward him.