The distance between −17 and 9 on a number line can be found by taking the absolute value of the difference between the two numbers:
|(-17) - 9| = |-26| = 26
Therefore, the answer is (C) 26.
On a number line, what is the distance between −17 and 9?
Responses
A -26
B -8
C 26
D 20
E 8
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