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Which of the fallowing expressions represents the distance between -4 and 1

Which of the fallowing expressions represents the distance between -4 and 1-example-1

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The answer is |-4 - 1|.

If you solve this absolute value, the answer would be 5 and if you look at the number line, the distance between the two dots is 5 units.

|-4 - 1| --> |-5| --> 5

in an absolute value, there are no negative numbers so the -5 becomes 5.

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