Absolute value is a term which is used to indicate the distance of a point or number from the origin of a number line or coordinate system.
Suppose x is a real number. Then the absolute value of x is defined as follows:
For x = 0 or x > 0, | x | = x
For x < 0, | x | = - x
Now, we have to find the absolute value of the given number
that means we have to find the distance of
from the origin of a number line.
Distance of
from the origin is
. As distance can never be negative.
Therefore, the absolute value of
is
.