SOLUTION: What is the absolute value of -4? How do you know or figure out this problem?

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Question 656826: What is the absolute value of -4? How do you know or figure out this problem?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Definition of absolute value:
the absolute value of a number is the the number is from



as you can see from to is same distance as from to ; the distance is units; it does not matter in what direction point moves

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