Question

Can someone please answer this question please answer it correctly and please show work please help me I need it

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

|-4 + 1| = |-3| = 3

|-4 - 1| = |-5| = 5

The distance is 5, so the second equation should represent the problem.

Answer 2

The answer to your question is the letter B

Explanation:

To calculate the distance between -4 and 1 we need to consider the signs of these numbers.

-4 is negative and 1 is positive.

To know the distance we must subtract 1 to -4

Distance = | -4 - 1 | Use absolute value

= | -5|

= 5

Conclusion

The correct choice is the second one.