Question

What's absolute value |-8|

Answer 1

Hello.

|-8| = 8

As the absolute value of a negative number is its positive value.

Hope I helped.

Answer 2

The absolute value of a number can never be negative. That's because it represents the distance of a number from zero on a number line. The number $-8$ is $8$ digits to the left of zero on a number line. So, the absolute value of $-8$ would be $8$ .

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-TetraFish