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Explain how to find the distance between 1 and -3 on a number line.​

User Udeleng
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Answer: Distance can't be negative, so it must be positive. That's the first thing you need to know. To find the distance, you take the difference between the two points.

1 - (-3) = 4

(second point on the number line) - (first point on the number line)

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