If it had a sign it wouldn't be an absolute value, which is neither positive nor negative, merely absolute.
Note that the absolute value of a number is non-negative by definition.
For x < 0, |x| = -x (which is positive)
For x ≥ 0, |x| = x (which is never negative)
Sample Response: The absolute value of a number is the distance the number is from 0 on a number line. Since distance is never negative, absolute value is never negative.
An absolute value can never be a negative. An absolute value is just the distance the # is from the zero...so again for it to be negative thats not possible
Absolute values are never negative. The opposite, or negative, or additive inverse, of a negative number is the number's absolute value; a non-negative number is its own absolute value. The absolute values of 7 and -5, are, respectively, 7 and 5.
iT IS NEVER NEGATIVE, IT IS ALWAYS POSITIVE
Because an absolute value can never be negative.
Well, honey, the absolute value of a number is always positive, no matter what. It's like a magnet that repels negativity. So, no, it can't be both positive and negative at the same time. It's just not how math works, sweetie.
it is the distance from 0 on a number line. the absolute value of something is never negative
If it had a sign it wouldn't be an absolute value, which is neither positive nor negative, merely absolute.Note that the absolute value of a number is non-negative by definition.For x < 0, |x| = -x (which is positive)For x ≥ 0, |x| = x (which is never negative)
If it had a sign it wouldn't be an absolute value, which is neither positive nor negative, merely absolute.Note that the absolute value of a number is non-negative by definition.For x < 0, |x| = -x (which is positive)For x ≥ 0, |x| = x (which is never negative)
The absolute value of 21 is 21.
true (that's the whole point of absolute value)
The absolute value of a number is the positive (or non-negative) value of the number. The absolute value of 0 or a positive number is the number itself. The absolute value of a negative number is its positive equivalent.