Question

Is - 4 the absolute value of 3 – 7? Explain.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

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We can solve this problem in a single step, we just need to know more about absolute value.

Absolute value is the distance a number is away from 0. For example, if we need to find the absolute value of -7, it would be 7 as the distance can not be negative.

Since we know that, we can solve the problem using algebra and our new logic we got.

$|3-7|=-4?\\4\neq -4$

We can see that -4 is not the absolute value, 4 is as the distance is 4 and cannot be negative.

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