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Help me please (No beginners)-example-1

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Answer:

C) None of the above

Explanation:

The distance between 5/2 and 4 7/8 is 4 7/8-5/2= 39/8-20/8=19/8=2 3/8

A) |-5/2-4 7/8|=|-20/8-39/8|=|-59/8|=59/8= 7 3/8 SO NO

B) |5/2-(-4 7/8)|=|20/8+39/8|=|59/8|=59/8= 7 3/8 SO NO

C) None of the above = YES

User Sergey Senkov
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Answer: C

Explanation:

The distance between numbers is the difference between them.

5/2 and 4 7/8

Using these pints the distance will be

5/2 -
4(7)/(8) is the same as -5/2 - 4 7/8

and is also not the same as 5/2 - (-4 7/8)

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