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  • 09-01-2017
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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 \(x\) and \(y\) is given by the absolute value of their difference, \(|x-y|\).

So the distance on the number line between \(12\) and \(-5\) is

\(|12-(-5)|=|12+5|=|17|=17\)

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