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Why is it necessary to use absolute value when talking about distance?
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Usually you are interested to know, for example, how many steps you have to walk from one place to another, or how long it will take you to drive in a car. This is the same one distance or another; negative distances are useless in this case.
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Information about absolute value?
Absolute value is the distance of a number from zero on a number line.
What is the value of 4 negative 2 and negative 1?
If you are talking about absolute value, then the answer to your question would be 4, 2, and 1. Absolute value means distance away from zero. The answer will always be positive since you can't have a negative distance. I hope that helped!
Why do you get a positive number when you take the absolute value of a negative number?
Basically, the absolute value of a number is its distance from zero... so that distance would be 5, whether you are talking about positive 5 or negative 5, right? So, if you just ignore positive and negative for a specific number, you will have its absolute value.
Definition of absolute value?
Absolute value is a measure of distance.
Why can't an absolute value be a negative number?
No, think of absolute value as distance and you can't have a negative distance.
Is the distance from zero on a number line?
Absolute Value
The absolute value of -3?
3. the absolute value is the distance from zero.
Absolute value is a measure of?
Absolute value is a measure of distance.
Absolute value of -7.5?
The absolute value is the distance from zero. Just take the sign away, leaving the number 7.5 as the absolute value.The absolute value is the distance from zero. Just take the sign away, leaving the number 7.5 as the absolute value.The absolute value is the distance from zero. Just take the sign away, leaving the number 7.5 as the absolute value.The absolute value is the distance from zero. Just take the sign away, leaving the number 7.5 as the absolute value.
What is the absolute value of 7292?
The absolute value is the number's distance from zero therefore the absolute value of 7292 is 7292.
The distance a number is from 0?
is known as its magnitude or absolute value.
What does the absolute value of a number really measure?
Think of it as a distance or radius of a circle. A distance or radius is always positive. That is all absolute value is; a positive value. So, the absolute value of 3 is 3 and the absolute value of -3 is 3.
