How Far is Point (b,0) from the Final Destination (10,0)?

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A person walked a distance of 10m from (0,0) to (10,0) - final distnation; prior to reaching final distancetion he stopped between 2 points (a,0) and (b,0). The distance between (a,0) and (b,0) is 2m. I need to know the distance between (10,0) and (b,0) Please check graph attached

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mansourjavna said:
A person walked a distance of 10m from (0,0) to (10,0) - final distnation; prior to reaching final distancetion he stopped between 2 points (a,0) and (b,0). The distance between (a,0) and (b,0) is 2m. I need to know the distance between (10,0) and (b,0) Please check graph attached

Distance between (10,0) and (b,0) is 10-b