Question

Maya plots the yards lost during a football game on a number line and labels it A. She plots Point B to the right of zero, a distance that is exactly as far from zero as Point A is. Which sentence is a correct statement about Point B?

The sum of the values of Point A and Point B is negative.
The sum of the values of Point A and Point B is zero.
Point B lies twice the distance from 0 as Point A.
Point B lies to the left of Point A on a number line.

Answer 1

Answer: B) The sum of the values of Point A and Point B is zero.

Explanation:

They are equally distant from 0, so they cancel eachother out.

Answer 2

B

Explanation:

The sum of the values of Point A and Point B is zero since Maya plotted Point B a distance that is exactly as far from zero as Point A is.