SOLUTION: what is the distance on a number line from -12 to 23?

Question 346810: what is the distance on a number line from -12 to 23?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, haileytucki:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
35
Answer by haileytucki(390) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-12 to 23
You actually jst change the negative to a postive because the number line goes:
-12 -11 -10 -9- -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and so on.
So,
12+23
Add 23 to 12 to get 35.
35
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