Use absolute value to express the distance between −12 and −15 on the number line.

|−12 − (−15)| = −27
|−12 − (−15)| = −3
|−12 − (−15)| = 3
|−12 − (−15)| = 27

Triangle abc was translated 2 untits to the right and 3 units down. write the algebraic rule that describes the translation that was applied to triangle abc to create triangle a'b'c'.