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Notes on Absolute Value - 7
Absolute value is the distance (the number of spaces) a number is from 0
on a number line.
│ │ is the absolute value symbol
In this example -3 is 3
spaces from 0 therefore
│-3│ is 3
Ex. │-3│
-4
-3
-2
Ex 2.
│9│
=9
Ex 3.
-│-2│ = -2
Ex 4.
│-3 │-│ 8│
3 - 8
-5
Ex 5.
│-4 - 5│+│-2 + 1│
│- 9│ + │-1│
9 + 1 = 10
-1
0
1
2
3
4
In example 3 we have a
negative in front of the absolute
value symbol therefore our
negative carries over and
makes our answer negative
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