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Use the absolute value to express the distance between 12 and -5 on a number line

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09-01-2017

The distance between two numbers [tex]x[/tex] and [tex]y[/tex] is given by the absolute value of their difference, [tex]|x-y|[/tex].

So the distance on the number line between [tex]12[/tex] and [tex]-5[/tex] is

[tex]|12-(-5)|=|12+5|=|17|=17[/tex]

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