What is the true meaning of absolute value?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Rzqust [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

Change the value from negative to positive

Change the value from positive to positive

Step-by-step explanation:

It is very simple

Any number's absolute value should be positive

Let's say absolute value of 3 - >answer is 3

But absolute value of - 3 - > is also 3

Hope you understood it.

dalvyx [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

In math students think that the function just removes negative signs, and actually that is basically what happens...

BUT !!! the definition that you want is that absolute value is a measure of how far (distance) you are from ZERO.... and note that distances are not negative...

If you run out of gas one mile in front of behind a gas station, you have to travel "one mile" you don't walk "negative one mile"...

forward one mile or backward one mile are both "one mile" just in different directions

Step-by-step explanation:

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