Whats the absolute value of #abs(-18)#?

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Meave60
Jun 30, 2015

The absolute value of #abs(-18)=18#.

Explanation:

The absolute value of either a positive or a negative number is always positive. This is because the absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on a number line, and distance is always positive or zero.

A good resource is http://mathbitsnotebook.com/Algebra1/RealNumbers/RNAbsoluteValue.html

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