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Distance in number line

by john1234 » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:24 pm
If a and b are nonzero numbers on the number line,is 0 between a and b?

1) The distance between 0 and a is greater than the distance between 0 and b

2) The sum of the distance between 0 and a and between 0 and b is greater than the distance between 0 and the sum of a+b.
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by Mclaughlin » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:08 pm
IMO it's B.

What's the OA and if i'm right I'll try and explain.
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by john1234 » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:07 pm
AO is B
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by cubicle_bound_misfit » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:22 am
IMO it is B.

try putting nos.
For any positive A and B

say 2 and 3 OA+OB=O(A+B)

only time stmt2 is possible if A and B has reverse signs.

Any better way?

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