SOLUTION: is the absolute value of any number the same as the absolute value of its additive inverse

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Question 259193: is the absolute value of any number the same as the absolute value of its additive inverse
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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is the absolute value of any number the same as the absolute value of its additive inverse
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Yes, because absolute value is distance.
A number and it additive inverse are the same distance from zero:
one is that distance to the right, the other is that distance to
the left of zero.
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|a-0| = |0-a|
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Cheers,
Stan H.