A segment is on a line with endpoints at -5.3 and 8.7.
What is the length of the segment?
8.7 - (-5.3) = 14.0
To find the length of a segment on a number line, you subtract the smaller endpoint from the larger endpoint. In this case, the smaller endpoint is -5.3 and the larger endpoint is 8.7.
Length = 8.7 - (-5.3)
= 8.7 + 5.3
= 14
Therefore, the length of the segment is 14 units.