backward(distance)

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Move the turtle.
It moves opposite to its heading.
The distance moved is distance.
It leaves a trail if the pen is down.

It moves forward for negative distance
but the turtle heading does not change.

To change the turtle heading use:
right() or left() or setheading()

Pen drawing state commands

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