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Point A is located at -7 on a number line, and point B is located at 3 on the number line. Point C is the same distance away from point A as point B is from point A, but in the opposite direction. Which is the location of point C on the number line?

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Answer:

C is at -17 on the number line

Explanation:

point A is at -7, point B is at 3, that makes them 10 units away from each other, Point C is the same distance away from A just like B is but in the opposite direction. -7 -10=-17, therefor C is at -17

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