SOLUTION: What is the absolute value of -7? I think it is 7 but I am making sure I am correct.

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Question 1047703: What is the absolute value of -7? I think it is 7 but I am making sure I am correct.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Theo:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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You are correct. It represents the idea that "-7" is seven units away from zero.

Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
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by definition |a| = a if a is positive and |a| = -a if a is negative.

if you let a = -7, then you get:

|-7| = -(-7) which is equal to 7.

the absolute value of a number is always positive.

if the number is already positive, then leave it as is.

if the number is negative than just change the sign to make it positive.

in other words, you are correct.