SOLUTION: how do you find the distance from a negative and positive number? as in : -3,1

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Question 406685: how do you find the distance from a negative and positive number?
as in :
-3,1
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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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. 

number_line%28+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-3%2C1+%29