Question

Abby has been absent from class.how would you explain to her what absolute value is use the number line and an example in yout explanation

Answer 1

Alright so if you have a negative number let's say -5 if you put the absolute value symbols around it like so |-5| then it becomes positive. Whatever is in the lines becomes positive, that's why I call it the positive box. It describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering which direction from zero the number lies. The number is never negative

Answer 2

So you have a negative number