Book edition 6th

Author(s) Sullivan

Pages 1200 pages

ISBN 9780321795465

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True or False The distance between two points is sometimes a negative number.

The given statement is false.

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Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

The distance between two points is sometimes a negative number.

We need to check whether the given statement is true or false.

Step 2. Determine whether the statement is true or false.

If P and Q are two points on a real number line with coordinates $a$ and $b$ , respectively, the distance between P and Q, denoted by $d (P, Q)$ , is:

$d (P, Q) = |b - a|$

The modulus sign represents that the distance between two points is always a positive number and it cannot be a negative number.

Step 3. Conlusion.

The given statement is false.

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True or False The distance between two points is sometimes a negative number.

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Step 3. Conlusion.

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