Distance Between Rational Numbers

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What is the formula to calculate the distance between two rational numbers?

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Distance = |a - b|, where a and b are the two rational numbers.

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Calculate the distance from -19 to -12.

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7

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Calculate the distance from -1 to -16.

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15

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Calculate the distance from -5 to -3.

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2

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Calculate the distance from -14.5 to 13.

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27.5

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Calculate the distance from -7 to -4.

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3

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What does the absolute value symbol |x| represent?

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The absolute value of x represents the distance of x from 0 on the number line, regardless of direction.

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If the distance between two numbers is 0, what can we conclude about those numbers?

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The two numbers are the same.

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How does the distance between two negative numbers compare to the distance between two positive numbers?

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The distance is calculated the same way; it is the absolute difference between the two numbers.

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What is the distance from 5 to -3?

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8

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