SOLUTION: waht is a absolute value what dose it look like like what would the absolute value of 5 steps down

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Question 23404: waht is a absolute value what dose it look like like what would the absolute value of 5 steps down
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Absolute value means the distance a number is from zero on the number line.
o the absolute valueof;
|2|=2 because it is 2 units from zeroon the number line.
|-2|=2 becuase it is 2 units from zero on the number line.
Absolute value of a number is never negative.
Absolute value are straight lines around a number, juch as parenthesis are around a number.
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