SOLUTION: We use absolute value to find distances in the real world. Suppose you travel 10 miles north to the grocery store, then 6 miles south to the post office. From there, you travel 8 m

Question 968466: We use absolute value to find distances in the real world. Suppose you travel 10 miles north to the grocery store, then 6 miles south to the post office. From there, you travel 8 miles north to the nearest bank. What is the total distance you have traveled?
A.
4 miles
B.
8 miles
C.
12 miles
D.
24 miles
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Call north positive and south negative:
...recall that abs value is the numerical value of a real number without regard to its sign
so,
and your answer is D. miles
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