Question

What is the distance between -2 1/2 and 5?

Answer 1

7
`(1)/(2)` units

Explanation:

the distance is the absolute value of the difference of the numbers, that is

| - 2
`(1)/(2)` - 5 | = | - 7
`(1)/(2)` | = 7
`(1)/(2)`

or

| 5 - (- 2
`(1)/(2)` ) | = | 5 + 2
`(1)/(2)` | = | 7
`(1)/(2)` | = 7
`(1)/(2)`