Question

The number line shows the distance in meters of two skydivers, A and B, from a third skydiver located at point X

Answer 1

full problem:

The number line shows the distance in meters of two skydivers, A and B, from a third skydiver located at point X: A horizontal number line extends from negative 3 to positive 3. The point labeled as A is at negative 2.5, the point 0 is labeled as X, and the point labeled B is at 0.5. Write an expression using subtraction to find the distance between skydivers A and B. Show your work and solve for the distance using additive inverses. (5 points)

Answer 2

quick sketch of the situation

Answer 3

to find the distance, simply take the difference between the two values. since distance is positive, we can take the absolute value of the difference to ensure our result is positive.

distance between A and B = |A - B| ---> plug in the values of A and B and solve