SOLUTION: How do I find the distance on the real number line between two points whose coordinates are -26 and 29?

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Question 364484: How do I find the distance on the real number line between two points whose coordinates are -26 and 29?
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Hi, 

*Note: the distance as decribed by the number line below shown

|-26| + 29 = 26 + 29 = 55  

above |-26| represents the absolute value of -26, which is the way of writing 

its numerical value without regard to its sign

number_line%28+600%2C+-40%2C+40%2C+-26%2C+29%29