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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Eleven points are marked from left to right on a straight line. The sum of all the distances between the first point and the other points is 2018 cm. The sum of all the distances between the second point and the other points, including the first one, is 2000 cm. What is the distance between the first and second points?

(A) $1$ cm (B) $2$ cm (C) $3$ cm (D) $4$ cm (E) $5$ cm

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