What is the absolute value of -6

Mathematics

2 answers:

patriot [66]3 years ago

8 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Absolute value just means you make negatives into positives so it's just 6.

valkas [14]3 years ago

7 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

When it comes to absolute value is the opposite of the negative number but if the number is positive it stays the same.

You might be interested in

What is the reciprocal of 8 8/5 ?

Ksenya-84 [330]

Answer:

$\frac{5}{48}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The reciprocal of a number n is $\frac{1}{n}$

Given 8 $\frac{8}{5}$ , change to an improper fraction

= $\frac{5(8)+8}{5}$ = $\frac{48}{5}$ , thus

reciprocal = $\frac{1}{\frac{48}{5} }$ = $\frac{5}{48}$

3 0

3 years ago

The North Colony Trail at Royal Gorge, Colorado, is 18 miles long. Stacey has hiked eight miles to a resting spot. She hikes the

Kruka [31]

Answer:

4 h

Step-by-step explanation:

The resting spot was at the 8 mi mark.

When Stacey reached the 16th mile, they had covered

16 mi - 8 mi = 8 mi

They took 2 h for every 1 h, so

$\text{Time required} = \text{8 mi} \times \dfrac{\text{1 h}}{\text{2 mi}} = \textbf{4h}$

It may be easier to do this calculation on a number line. Each jump of 2 mi represents 1 h, and there are four jumps, so they took four hours.

7 0

2 years ago

Seema deposited $800 in a saving account earning 2.88% compounded annually. To the nearest cent, how much will she have in 16 ye

ehidna [41]

Answer:

1260.04

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for compound interest is:

A = P(1+ $\frac{r}{n}$ $)^{nt}$ where A is the final amount, P is the initial principal balance, r is the interest rate, n is the number of times interest applied per time period and t is the number of time periods elapsed. Since the deposit was compounded annually, just like the interest, we can omit the n in the equation.