SOLUTION: the way i get messed up is that when yhu have a positive 5 and they have those bars around it and you have to show or tell how that is absoulte value cna you give me some good exam

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Question 428611: the way i get messed up is that when yhu have a positive 5 and they have those bars around it and you have to show or tell how that is absoulte value cna you give me some good examples?
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Absolute Value is the distance a number is from zero.

|5| = 5, because 5 is 5 away from 0

|-2| = 2, because -2 is 2 away from 0

|-3/4| = 3/4, because -3/4 is 3/4 away from 0

|0| = 0, because 0 is 0 away from 0

If |x| = 3, then x could be 3 or -3.

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