Using the ruler postulate, find the distance between –9 and 2.

11 units

Step-by-step explanation:

According to ruler postulate, if there are two points A with coordinate a

and point B with coordinate b, \

then distance ab is given by subtracting coordinate in any order i.e it can be (a-b) or (b-a) and then take the absolute value value of it.

mathematically it can be represented as

AB = |a-b| or |b-a|

in the given problem points are -9 and 2

thus distance

distance between –9 and 2  = |-9 -2| = |-11|  = 11

absolute value of -11 is 11

alternatively, distance can be calculated as

distance between –9 and 2  = |2 -(-9) | = |2 + 9 | = |-11|  = 11

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