What absolute value expression represents the distance between 1.7 and -1/2

Solve the given system of equations. 2y= -x+9 , 3x-6= -15

10 ! a train starts from grand city and travels toward belleville 388 miles away. at the same time, a train starts from belleville and runs at the rate of 47 miles per hour toward grand city. they pass each other 4 hours later. find the rate of the train from grand city.

2people are trying different phones to see which one has the better talk time. chatlong has an average of 18 hours with a standard deviation of 2 hours and talk-a-lot has an average of 20 hours with a standard deviation of 3. the two people who tested their phones both got 20 hours of use on their phones. for the z-scores i got 1 for the chatlong company and 0 for talk-a-lot. what is the percentile for each z-score?