Hi

how do you find the distance from a negative and positive number?

 D(-3,1) = |-3-1|OR |1-(-3)| = 4

Best pictured on a number line OR in the 'cold country' think of it

as warming up 4 ° from -3° below zero to 1° above zero. 

 

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