document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982763>Question 982763</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the Distance Formula and the x-axis of the coordinate plane. Show why the distance between two points on a number line (the x-axis) is | a – b |, where a and b are the x-coordinates of the points </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #603553 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=603553\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Vertical coordinates are 0 while horizontal components would be two values neither necessarily being zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Points   (a,0) and (b,0);\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Without getting into too much more detailed discussion, main result of that expression is (a-b). </SPAN>\n" );
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