SOLUTION: Use the absolute value to express the distance between the points with coordinates a and b on the number line. Then determine this distance by evaluating the absolute value express

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Question 556441: Use the absolute value to express the distance between the points with coordinates a and b on the number line. Then determine this distance by evaluating the absolute value expression.
a = 7 and b = 0
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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|a - b| = |7 - 0| = 7