SOLUTION: Is the absolute value of -4 greater than or less than the absolute value of -5 ?

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Question 1048541: Is the absolute value of -4 greater than or less than the absolute value of -5 ?
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The absolute value of x, denoted "abs%28+x%29+" (and which is read as "the absolute value of x"), is the distance of x from zero.
This is why absolute value is never+negative; absolute value only asks "how+far?", not "in which direction?"
This means that abs%28-4%29=4+ because -4 is four units to the left of zero, and abs%28-5%29=5+ because -5 is five units to the left of zero.
since five+units to the left of zero is further left from the zero than four+units, means abs%28-5%29%3E+abs%28-4%29
so, your answer is abs%28+-4%29%3C+abs%28+-5%29