document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122133>Question 122133</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't know the absolute value of -10. So can you plese help me and also explain it to me. THANK YOU </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #89720 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=89720\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The absolute value signs just mean that whatever the signs contain is to be brought out <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the signs as a positive value. The absolute value signs are just vertical bars as shown in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the following examples.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value of +10 is written as  |+10| and it comes out as +10.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value of -10 is written as |-10| and it comes out of the absolute value signs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as +10 also.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "More examples are:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|-25| = +25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|15| = +15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|-3| = +3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x| = +x if x is greater than zero (meaning x is already positive inside the signs)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x| = -(x) if x is a negative number ... for example if x is -2 then when you remove the absolute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value signs you take -(-2) and this equals +2. And that's what we said above. If you have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the absolute value of -2 (written as |-2|) it comes out of the absolute value signs as +2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|x| = 0 if x equals zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you understand absolute values a little better. Just remember that whether<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a number inside the absolute value signs is positive or negative, it comes out of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "absolute value signs with a positive value (or zero if it was zero inside the absolute value<BR>\n" );
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