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Which of the following expressions represents the distance between -1/4 and 3/4?

Which of the following expressions represents the distance between -1/4 and 3/4?-example-1

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Answer:

The correct answer is C none of the above

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\large\boxedC.\ \left

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\text{The formula of a distance between x and y on a number line:}\\\\d=|b-a|=|a-b|\\\\\text{We have}\ a=-(1)/(4)\ \text{and}\ b=(3)/(4).\ \text{The distance:}\\\\d=\left|-(1)/(4)-(3)/(4)\right|=\left|(3)/(4)-\left(-(1)/(4)\right)\right|

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