Question

Point A is located at negative 4 over 6 and point B is located at negative 1 over 6. What is the distance between points A and B?

Answer 1

3/6 because absolute value of any number has to be positive and you have to subtract the 2 answers to find the distance

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B is the correct choice.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that point A is located at $-\frac{4}{6}$ and point B is located at $-\frac{1}{6}$. We are asked to find the distance between A and B.

We know that distance between two negative points on a number line is absolute value of their difference.

$\text{Distance between A and B}=|-\frac{4}{6}-(-\frac{1}{6})|$

$\text{Distance between A and B}=|-\frac{4}{6}+\frac{1}{6}|$

$\text{Distance between A and B}=|\frac{-4+1}{6}|$

$\text{Distance between A and B}=|\frac{-3}{6}|$

$\text{Distance between A and B}=\frac{3}{6}$

Therefore, the distance between A and B is $\frac{3}{6}$ units and option B is the correct choice.