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If a and −a are numbers on the number line, which expression must give the distance between them? a) 0 b) a c) |2a| d) |a|

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?

Awavelength of 610 nm was found to be the most intense wavelength emitted by copper. answer the following questions about this wavelength of light. a) what is this wavelength in cm? b) what is the frequency that corresponds to this wavelength? c) what is the energy of light of this wavelength? d) what is the wavenumber corresponding to this wavelength?