document.write( "Question 406685: how do you find the distance from a negative and positive number?
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "how do you find the distance from a negative and positive number?
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document.write( " D(-3,1) = |-3-1|OR |1-(-3)| = 4
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document.write( "Best pictured on a number line OR in the 'cold country' think of it
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document.write( "as warming up 4 ° from -3° below zero to 1° above zero. 
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