Answer: It is the distance that -5 is form 0 on the number line
Step-by-step explanation:
We can define the absolute value of any number:
IxI as:
"The distance between the point x and the origin in the coordinate axis"
If we are in one dimension, x is just a value, and the coordinate axis will be a number line.
Then we could rewrite this as:
"is the distance between the value x and the 0 in the number line"
So:
IxI = x if x > 0
IxI = -x if x < 0.
Then:
I -5 I
Is the distance between the number -5, and the 0 in the number line, and this is:
I - 5 I = 5.
The correct option is:
"It is the distance that -5 is form 0 on the number line"
