Question

Point A is located at (-3,y), and point B is located at (-6,y). How can you find the distance between these points using absolute values?

Answer 1

|-6 -(-3)| = 3

Explanation:

The two points lie on a horizontal line, so the distance between them is the (positive) difference of their x-coordinates:

|B - A| = |-6 -(-3)| = |-6+3| = |-3| = 3

The distance between these points is 3 units.