SOLUTION: Explain the difference in meaning between |-3| and -3
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Question 1049453: Explain the difference in meaning between |-3| and -3
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Absolute Value is a size, how big or how small a number or a value.
A signed number is either to the left of zero (meaning less than zero) or to the right of zero (meaning greater than zero), on the number line.
Another distinction is that Absolute Value is how far from zero is a number from zero.
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