SOLUTION: what is the solution set for /-q/ = 7 I know that /q/ = 7 (7, -7) But if q is negative, then I'm wondering if for some reason a negative would cancel out the negatvie in -q. Am

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Question 204745: what is the solution set for /-q/ = 7
I know that /q/ = 7 (7, -7)
But if q is negative, then I'm wondering if for some reason a negative would cancel out the negatvie in -q. Am I thinking too hard on this?
What is the answer and why?

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what is the solution set for /-q/ = 7
I know that /q/ = 7 (7, -7)
But if q is negative, then I'm wondering if for some reason a negative would cancel out the negatvie in -q. Am I thinking too hard on this?
What is the answer and why?
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Absolute value is the distance along the number line to zero.
|-7| is 7 units from the zero, so |-7| = 7.
+7 is also 7 units from zero, so |+7| = 7.