Question

When finding the distance between
two rational numbers on a number line, does
the order of the numbers you subtract matter?
Explain.

Answer 1

Answer: yes does matter

Step-by-step explanation: in pic

Answer 2

When finding the distance between two rational numbers on a number line, the order of the numbers you subtract matters.

Explanation :

When finding the distance between two rational numbers on a number line,  we need to subtract the rational numbers.

The distance between two rational numbers cannot be negative . Because distance cannot be negative.

So , we need to subtract second number from first number

We always subtract the smaller number from larger number

larger number minus smaller number

So, the order of numbers you subtract matters.

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