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Algebra.Com's Answer #840293 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Absolute values are NEVER negative, but are either positive or zero.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If a number is positive, its absolute value is positive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Examples: |45| = 45, |74.6| = 74.6\r\n" );
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document.write( "If a number is negative, delete the negative sign for its absolute value is \r\n" );
document.write( "positive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Examples: |-54| = 54, |-84.1| = 84.1\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the number is zero, its absolute value is zero.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Example: |0| = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you know the answer, right?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Often, the definition is given as  which means you\r\n" );
document.write( "square it and then take the non-negative square root of it. But there is\r\n" );
document.write( "no need to do that when all you have to do is just take the number as it is\r\n" );
document.write( "between the absolute bars | | or take off the negative sign if it has one.\r\n" );
document.write( "The reason for that definition is so we can define it with just one equation,\r\n" );
document.write( "because there are times when we need it to be that way in more advanced\r\n" );
document.write( "mathematics.\r\n" );
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