SOLUTION: Can you help me find the absolute value of 22? Thanks so much

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Question 140945: Can you help me find the absolute value of 22?


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Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Absolute value is a measure of the 'distance a number is from 0". The absolute value of a positive number is just that same positive number. An absolute value of a negative number is just that same number written with a positive sign.
22 is a positive number, so its absolute value is 22