Given the position of a, B and C on the number axis as shown in the figure, try to simplify: | A-B | + | B-C | + | c-a| As shown in the figure: ———|————————|————|————————|—→ c 0 a b

Given the position of a, B and C on the number axis as shown in the figure, try to simplify: | A-B | + | B-C | + | c-a| As shown in the figure: ———|————————|————|————————|—→ c 0 a b

a-b0 |b-c|=b-c
c-a