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(01.02 MC)The number line shows the distance in meters of two jellyfish, A and B, from a predator located at point X:

Write an expression using subtraction to find the distance between the two jellyfish. (5 points)

Show your work and solve for the distance using additive inverses. (5 points)

(01.02 MC)The number line shows the distance in meters of two jellyfish, A and B, from-example-1
User Dmitry Makovetskiyd
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hello again!

you can calculate the distance between A and B by subtracting

distance = B-A=0.5m-(-1.5)m=2m

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