How is locating -1.5 on a number line the same as locating 1.5 on a number line? How is it different?
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Determine how is locating -1.5 on a number line the same as locating 1.5 on a number line, or how is it different.
Explanation:
-1.5 is located to the left of 0, whereas 1.5 is located to the right of 0. This is due to the fact that negative numbers are located in the left, while positive numbers are located in the right. Their value is equivalent in terms of distance to 0, hence if we wanted to find the total distance between the two values, we simply need to subtract -1.5 to 1.5.
= 1.5 - (-1.5)
= 1.5 + 1.5
= 3