SOLUTION: If I am trying to find the distance between two numbers on a number line do I take their absolute value and add it together?

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Question 959852: If I am trying to find the distance between two numbers on a number line do I take their absolute value and add it together?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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No, take the difference of the two numbers and then the absolute value of the difference.
Example: The distance between -2 and 5.
D=abs%28-2-5%29
D=abs%28-7%29
D=7