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Which of the following expressions represents the distance between -3.9 and -4.7

Which of the following expressions represents the distance between -3.9 and -4.7-example-1
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Answer:

None of the above

Explanation:

Distance is the difference between two positions. That is x1- x2 Since both numbers were negative, you would want the absolute value of one plus the other, because subtracting a negative results in a positive. For this example the distance would look more like this:

| -4.7 - ( -3.9 ) | = .8

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