SOLUTION: find absolute value of |-8/7|

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Question 870639: find absolute value of |-8/7|
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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|-8/7| = 8/7 since the result of absolute values is always positive (assuming the input is nonzero).

This is because negative distances make no sense (which is what absolute values represent).