SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem? If "a" is a negative number what is the absolute value of -a?

SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem? If "a" is a negative number what is the absolute value of -a?

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Question 230988: Please help me solve this problem?
If "a" is a negative number what is the absolute value of -a?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
absolute has no direction so it is just /a/
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