SOLUTION: what does negative 9 with a straight line on other side equal? Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question 659099: what does negative 9 with a straight line on other side equal? Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|x| means the absolute value of x. Absolute value of a number is its size.

The rule for absolute value is:

|x| = x and |-x| = x. In other words, the absolute value of a number is always positive that number.

|-9| = 9

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