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Which vaule is farthest away form 0 on the number line -16, 15.5, |15|, |16.5|

User Dominik Reinert
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The answer is 16.5 because if you look at the number line it is farthest away
User YPhil
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|16.5|
EXPLANATION.
the farthest away number on the number line is the greatest number. (don’t worry about - its the same distance on left and right of the number line)
So if we look at the numbers it is clear that 16.5 is the greatest number. meaning it is the farthest from 0.
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