Simplify |–2.9| = PLEASE HELP!!!

2 answers:

5 0

Basically |x| means the distance taht x is from 0
in other words, it makes whatever is inside positive
|-2.9| turns to 2.9

answer is 2.9

schepotkina [342]4 years ago

3 0

Its positive 2.9 the grouping symbols mean absolute value and that is the distance of a number from zero on the number line.. there will never be a negative absolute value answer

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