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Question 103938: absolute value
Answer by doukungfoo(195) About Me  (Show Source):
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When thinking about absolute value we should be thinking about its distance from zero.
so |22| = 22
and |-21| = 21
so 22 > 21
so to answer your question:
which number is larger in absolute value 22 or -21 ?
22