Finding Distances Using Absolute Value

What is the distance between (0,6) and (-5,6)

• -5

• 5

• 6

• 12

What is the distance between (15, 10) and (-11, 10)

• 26

• 4

• 10

• -26

What is the distance between (70, -12) and (10, -12)

• 24

• 80

• 60

• 10

How far apart are the plane and submarine if the plane is 31,000 miles in the sky and the submarine is 2 miles below the sea?

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• 28.998 mi

• 31,200 mi

• 31,002 mi

• 31,020 mi

|6| + |-3|

• 3

• -3

• -9

• 9

The absolute value of -6 and 6 is:

• 6

• -6

• 0

What is the distance between the following 2 integers? -20 and +30

• 10

• -10

• -50

• 50

What do we call the distance a number is from zero on a number line?

• integers

• properties

• real numbers

• absolute value

• 25

• -25

• 250

• 5

A diver was 40 feet below the surface of the water. A fisherman was casting off a dock right above the diver that was 12 feet above the surface of the water. How far apart are the diver and the fisherman?

• 28 feet

• -28 feet

• 52 feet

• -52 feet