Points Y and Z are the same distance from point X on a number line. The coordinate of point X is 3 and the coordinate of point Y

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Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]

3 years ago

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Points Y and Z are the same distance from point X on a number line. The coordinate of point X is 3 and the coordinate of point Y

is –2.
What is the coordinate of point Z

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Mathematics

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zaharov [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-16T02:47:47+03:00

zaharov [31]3 years ago

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Coordinate of point Z is 8. That is because the distance from point X to point Y is 3-(-2)=3+2=5, and same is from point X to point Z: 3+5=8. So the answer is Z=8.