Use both endpoints in the prescribed order and place their difference inside absolute-value bars. Because the second endpoint is negative, simplify the subtraction carefully as addition of its opposite. The bars guarantee that the evaluated result represents a nonnegative number-line distance, and counting through zero offers a direct check.
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