Question

use the information to answer the question. Point Pis located at 16 on the number line. Point is located at -9 on the number line. What is the distance between Point P and Point Q on the number line? Enter the answer in the box. units

Answer 1

Given two numbers on a number line, we can find the distance between them using the absolute value of their difference:

`d(x,y)=|x-y|`

in this case, we have 16 and -9, then:

`d(16,-9)=|16-(-9)|=|16+9|=|25|=25`

therefore, the distance between point P and point Q is 25