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Find the distance in units between 1 1/2 and −2 5/6 on a number line.

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Answer:

4 1/3

Explanation:

Hypothetically, imagine 2 5/6 was postive, you add it to 1 1/2 to get your answer, but you cant do that until the fractions have a common denominator. To get a common denominator of six, you would multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 3, giving you 3/6. Now you have 2 5/6 and 1 3/6, adding them together gives you 3 8/6, but we cant stop here, since 8/6 is 1 2/6, add 3+1 and you now have 4 2/6. The last thing you do here is simplyfy the fraction making it 1/3 now instead of 2/6. Giving you a final answer of 4 1/3 units.

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