If u wanna go by a technical term then yes, it can. The positive and negative side of a number. 4 example, -5. It's absolute value is 5. Positive 5's absolute value is 5 as well.
Now if u don't wanna be technical and don't want to use negative numbers, then no, it cannot.
8 is the answer, yw have a nice day:)
The answer is :
23 3/8 can be written as 23.375