Absolute value is the distance from a value to zero. In this case, it'd be written as | -282 |. If x = | -282 |, then x = 282
I think the answer is D. The other answers are unreasonable. Wyatt would not get the promotion and just because Tammy's lowest value is bigger than Wyatt's doesn't mean that Tammy gets the promotion. The only reasonable answer is D.
