Question

Comparing Distance

Is there a relationship between the distance and the sum? Is there a relationship between the distance and the difference?

A 5-column table with 3 rows. Column 1 is labeled a with entries 1, 4, negative 6. Column 2 is labeled b with entries 2, negative 1, negative 3. Column 3 is labeled a + b with entries 3, 3, negative 9. Column 4 is labeled a minus b with entries negative 1, 5, negative 3. Column 5 is labeled Distance with entries 1 unit, 5 units, 3 units.

Which describes the relationship between the distance and the difference?
The distance is always the opposite of the difference.
The distance is exactly the difference.
The distance is the absolute value of the difference.
The distance is not related to difference.
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Answer 1

• C. The distance is the absolute value of the difference.

Explanation:

See the table made based on the given values.

It is easy to note that the numbers in the distance column are same as numbers in the a - b column but all numbers being positive.

So we can say that:

• distance = |a - b|

Correct choice is C