SOLUTION: what is the distance between -6 and -3 on a number line

Question 1118045: what is the distance between -6 and -3 on a number line
Found 3 solutions by math_helper, Shin123, ikleyn:
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance between two numbers, a and b, on a number line is |a - b|.
|-6-(-3)| = |-6+3| = |-3| =

Answer by Shin123(626)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula for finding the distance between 2 points a and b is a-b.
Same thing as

The tutor @math_helper used a different method but it still gets to the same answer.
Answer by ikleyn(52806)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The tutor @Math_helper uses the uniquely one valid formula to find the distance between two points in the number line.

While the other tutor does not know the subject.

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