Find the distance between two points given their coordinates.
-Find the distance between points $\mathrm { R }$ and $\mathrm { S }$ on a number line, with coordinates $- 6$ and 11 , respectively.
A) $d ( R , S ) = - 5$
B) $d ( R , S ) = - 17$
C) $d ( R , S ) = 17$
D) $d ( R , S ) = 5$

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The distance between two points on a number line is the absolute value of the difference between their coordinates. Here, $|11 - (-6)| = |11 + 6| = 17$.

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