Can you find the distance between two points using absolute value

Mathematics

2 answers:

kenny6666 [7]3 years ago

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Answer: yes you can

Step-by-step explanation:

EleoNora [17]3 years ago

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This depends. The way you do this is by taking these two points and by adding their absolute values together, this therefore finds their difference. This only works if one number is positive and one in negative. If two numbers are on the same side of the number line you CANNOT find their difference with absolute value.

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