Absolute Value. Absolute value describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering which direction from zero the number lies. The absolute value of a number is never negative. The absolute value of 2 + 7 is 5.
Has two solutions x = a and x = -a because both numbers are at the distance a from 0. ... An absolute value equation has no solution if the absolute value expression equals a negative number since an absolute value can never be negative.
