Meg is playing a card game with her friend, Iona. The cards have positive and negative numbers printed on them. Meg exclaims: "T

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he absolute value of the number on my card equals 8." What is the number on Meg’s card?

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frosja888 [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-06T20:00:05+03:00

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Meg claimed that absolute value of the number on her card is equals to 8 i.e.

Either she has a card which reads 8 or a card which reads -8 .

Absolute value is the magnitude card number irrespective of sign on it.

Thus there are two possible cards whose absolute value is 8 .