Which best explains why |–4| = 4?

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kodGreya [7K]3 years ago

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Answer:

It's because the little lines around -4 are called absolute value functions, and their function is to make any negative value to positive. If there are a positive value in an absolute value function, it stays positive, for example:

|-2| = 2, and |2| = 2

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