Determine the absolute value of the following number:
Determine the absolute value of the following number:
\( \left|18\right|= \)
\( \left|-2\right|= \)
\( \left|0.8\right|= \)
\( \left|3\right|= \)
\( \left|-19\frac{1}{4}\right|= \)
Determine the absolute value of the following number:
The "absolute value" can be viewed as the distance of a number from 0.
Therefore, the absolute value will not change the sign from negative to positive, it will always be positive.
When we have an exercise with these symbols || we understand that it refers to absolute value.
Absolute value does not relate to whether a number is positive or negative, but rather checks how far it is from zero.
In other words, 2 is 2 units away from zero, and -2 is also 2 units away from zero,
Therefore, absolute value essentially "zeroes out" the negativity of the number.
|-2| = 2
\( \left|3^2\right|= \)
\( \left|x\right|= \)