SOLUTION: True or false The opposite of an absolute value is negative! I think it is false since the absolute value is telling me how many units something is from zero. The next question

Question 848550: True or false
The opposite of an absolute value is negative!
I think it is false since the absolute value is telling me how many units something is from zero.
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You cannot take the absolute value of o because it is neither positive or negative. Again true or false? False - absolute value of zero is zero!?
Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
#1)
True. The absolute value produces a positive value, but then when you negate that value, it would always be negative. What's important is we're not taking the negative of the number being absolute valued itself, but rather we're taking a negative of the result.
#2)
False, |0| = 0. The distance from 0 to 0 is 0 on a number line.
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