What is the absolute value of -5
2 answers:
Answer: +5
Explanation: When a problem is asking us to find the absolute value of a number, it's really asking us how far is that number from zero.
So the absolute value of -5 is really asking us
how far is -5 away from zero on a number line.
I have drawn a number line below and you can see that -5
is 5 units to the left of zero which means its 5 units from zero.
So the absolute value of -5 is +5.
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Circle A represents set A = {a, b, e, f, h, j}
Circle B represents set B = {b, c, d, f, j}
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Similarly we'll have {c,d} go in circle B but not in the overlapping portion since these items are only found in set B.
The remaining terms {g, i, k} go outside both circles, but inside the rectangle, because neither of these elements are in set A or set B.