document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56460>Question 56460</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495012661/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi,  am I making this more difficult than it should be?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The questions reads as \"Find the difference between -8 and -32 on the number line\".  What is my solution?   Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a number line you can simply count the steps from one number to the next.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-32,-31,-30,-29,-28,-27,-26,-25,-24,-23,-22,-21,-20,-19,-18,-17,-16,-15,-14,-13,-12,-11,-10,-9,-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " There are 24 steps from -32 to -8.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way to figure it out is to take the absolute value of their difference: |-8-(-32)|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-8+32|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy Calculating!!!    </SPAN>\n" );
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