Should our answer always be positive when finding the distance of a line between two points? I think not, am I correct?

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kenrick143 · Answer

It could be negative or it could be positive coz it the distance's count is from left to right or right to left. Same with up to down and down to up.

kenrick143 · Answer

Sorry for the grammar i forgot to check.

mssterehearts · Answer

Hm, actually the answer should always be positive, but Ill give you best response for trying c:

kenrick143 · Answer

But we uses positive.. My bad, i was trying to say something yu know cant explain in words. Haha

mr.hoot · Answer

@kenrick143  Is  wrong distance can never go into a negative number.

phi · Answer

the distance of a line between two points? 

This is one of those "definitions" questions.  In other words, people have decided we always make distance positive.

mr.hoot · Answer

for example....

phi · Answer

you can calculate a negative number between for example 
1 and 2  by doing 1-2 = -1
but by *definition* , we call the distance positive, and the calculation is really
| 1-2|  (or |2-1| )
where the | | means "absolute value"

kenrick143 · Answer

Yeah sorry i was trying to say when counting backwards.

mr.hoot · Answer

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