Precalculus: A Unit Circle Approach, Books a la Carte Edition plus MyMathLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (2nd Edition)
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Chapter A.1, Problem 43E
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To use the absolute value to express the distance between the points with coordinates a and b on the number line. Then to determine the distance by evaluating the absolute value expression.
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