|x| always equals a positive number so the number in between the absolute value can be a positive number or a negative number. So the answer is -2 or 2.
Step-by-step explanation: Absolute values means distance from zero.
If |x| = 2, that means that x's distance from zero on the number line is 2 units. So if you draw a number line like I have done on my whiteboard, you can see here are two different answers for this problem.
2 is 2 units from zero but also -2 is 2 units away from zero.
