Question

An integer is between -4 and -19. It is twice as far from -4 as it is from -19. What is the integer? SHOW ALL YOUR STEPS**

Answer 1

this integer is -14

Explanation:

19-4=15

the distance between -4 and the integer is 2x, the distance between the integer and -19 is x

x+2x=15

3x=15

x=5

-19+x=-19+5=-14

Answer 2

-12

Explanation:

use a number line go back 8 spaces from 19 and back from negative 4