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Iteru [2.4K]
3 years ago
8

Explain the difference in meaning between |-3| and -3

Mathematics
2 answers:
Firlakuza [10]3 years ago
8 0
Absolute value is always positive, so <span> |-3| equals positive 3</span>
Crazy boy [7]3 years ago
3 0
| -3 | and -3

the absolute value of a number is just how many spaces that number is from 0. So it is not negative because distance is not measured in negative values.. The absolute value of a number is positive. So |-3| = 3.

-3 just equals -3.

so the difference, I guess, is that -3 is negative but the absolute value of -3 is positive

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