SOLUTION: On a number line if A is -5 and B is 1 then what is each point that is twice as far from A as from B. The answer says -1 and 7 but I don't know how the book got to that answer

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Question 451440: On a number line if A is -5 and B is 1 then what is each point that is twice as far from A as from B. The answer says -1 and 7 but I don't know how the book got to that answer
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you draw the number line from -5 to +7 and write A at -5 and B at 1 you will understand it.