The number line shows the distance in meters of two skydivers, a and b, from a third skydiver located at point x: a horizontal number line extends from negative 3 to positive 3. the point labeled as a is at negative 2.5, the point 0 is labeled as x, and the point labeled b is at 0.5. write an expression using subtraction to find the distance between skydivers a and b. show your work and solve for the distance using additive inverses.

Acompany manufactures three types of cabinets. it makes 110 cabinets each week. in the first week, the sum of the number of type-1 cabinets and twice the number of type-2 cabinets produced was 10 more than the number of type-3 cabinets produced. the next week, the number of type-1 cabinets produced was three times more than in the first week, no type-2 cabinets were produced, and the number of type-3 cabinets produced was the same as in the previous week.