Question

Find the distance between each pair of points if they were graphed on a number

Answer 1

Answer:

Part a) $d=80.3\ units$

Part b) $d=99.84\ units$

Part c) $d=31.6\ units$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The absolute value of the difference of two numbers is equal to the distance between those numbers. The absolute value of a number is never negative.

Part a) we have

-27.1 and 53.2

$d=\left|-27.1-53.2\right|$

$d=\left|-80.3\right|$

$d=80.3\ units$

Part b) we have

71.54 and -28.3

$d=\left|71.54-(-28.3)\right|$

$d=\left|71.54+28.3\right|$

$d=\left|99.84\right|$

$d=99.84\ units$

Part c) we have

-38.9 and -7.3

$d=\left|-38.9-(-7.3)\right|$

$d=\left|-38.9+7.3\right|$

$d=\left|-31.6\right|$

$d=31.6\ units$