Question 1097827
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The opposite of -6.5, is the number on the opposite side of 0 
that is the same distance from 0 that -6.5 is from 0.

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     -6.5               0                ?

What is that number where the question mark is?

The absolute value of 6.5 is the distance on the number line
starting at 0 and going to 6.5.  What distance is that?

Are they the same?

Edwin</pre>