SOLUTION: For the following set, which number has the largest absolute value? 4, �1, 12, �20, 19, 0

SOLUTION: For the following set, which number has the largest absolute value? 4, �1, 12, �20, 19, 0

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Question 40047: For the following set, which number has the largest absolute value?
4, �1, 12, �20, 19, 0
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One way to look at absolute value is that it is a number's distance from zero on the number line (in either direction)...
Thus -20 is the farthest away and so it has the greatest absolute value.
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