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The absolute value of a number is the distance to zero. When adding which ever number has the greater absolute value will determine the sign of the answer.

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What is the absolute value of 4.6?

Absolute value refers to how far a number is from zero on the number line. The absolute value of 4.6 is 4.6. However, if you wanted to know what the absolute value of -4.6, it would also have the absolute value of 4.6.


Is the absolute value of a negative number always zero?

No. The only time it's zero is if the number is zero. The absolute value of a number is "how far that number is from zero". So for example, the absolute value of -6 is 6. Absolute value is written with these two lines around the number, for example: |-6| means 'the absolute value of -6'. An easy way to know absolute value, is that its always the positive version of whatever number you are given. |-123012973|= 123012973. |-99|=99. |-5|=5. For positive numbers, the absolute value is the same as the number. |99|=99. |10,000,000|=10,000,000.


If x is a rational number and y is the opposite of x why do x and y have the same absolute value?

Because absolute value is always positive.


What is the absolute value for -7?

What is the absolute value of you. Oh wait I know.$ -9000000000


Why is place value useful?

So you know where each digit goes in a number.


What is the absolute value of -8?

absolute value of 8 is 8.


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What does it mean when a number has vertical lines on both sides of it?

Two bars on either side of a number means absolute value. Absolute value is the distance of the number from zero. That is why the absolute value of a number is never negative, it only asks how far, not in what direction. |3| = 3. |-3| = 3. It's pretty much the number that is on the inside of the bars except always the positive version. If there is a negative sign (-) on the outside, then it would work like this. -|3|= -(3) = -3. -|-3| = -3. If you still didn't understand, here is a link.


What property of radioactive elements makes them useful for fetermining absolute age?

How should I know you idiot!


What symbol represents the operation of absolute value and why is a common symbol needed?

The symbol for the operation of absolute value is |n| but I don't know why a common symbol is needed.....


What is absolute value in chemistry?

In chemistry, absolute value is a term used to describe the positive value of a quantity, regardless of its sign. For example, the absolute value of -5 is 5. It is used in calculations involving properties such as temperature, concentration, or energy.


How do you know the opposites and absolute values of integers?

opposites: if it is a negative, make it a positive. if it is a positive, make it a negative absolute value: take the number without any sign. if it is negative, make it positive. if it is positive, keep it as a positive,