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Two numbers have a sum of zero and have a distance of 2.5 units between them on the number line, what are they?

Two numbers have a sum of zero and have a distance of 2.5 units between them on the-example-1
User Jakumi
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Answer:

-1.25, 1.25

Explanation:

These two numbers, when added together, add to 0. Their difference is also 2.5:


| - 1.25 - 1.25| = 2.5

I found these numbers by diving the distance by two and using the positive and negative values.

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