SOLUTION: What is |-2|

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Question 12510: What is |-2|
Answer by Earlsdon(6103) About Me  (Show Source):
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The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line.
How far is -2 from zero on the number line? Why, it's a distance of 2 from zero, isn't it?
So, |-2| = 2