Express the distance between the given numbers using absolute value. Then find the distance by evaluating the absolute value expression. -1 and 12

## Step 1The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. It is always a positive number or zero. The absolute value of a number is denoted as .## Step 2To express the distance between the numbers -1 and 12 using absolute value, we subtract the smaller number from the larger one and take the absolute value of the result. This is because the absolute value number is always positive, and the distance between two numbers is always a positive number.### **|-1 - 12| = |-13| = 13**## Step 3To find the distance by evaluating the absolute value expression, we simply calculate the absolute value of the difference between the two numbers.### **|-1 - 12| = |-13| = 13**