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What is the absolute value of negative two?
The absolute value of any negative number is equal to the corresponding positive value. In this instance, abs (-2) = 2.
Why is the product of two absolute values is always a positive number?
This is not strictly true, because an absolute value, and hence the product of two absolute values can be zero. It is, therefore true to say that the product of two absolute values is always non-negative. An absolute value of a number is, by definition, non-negative. And by the definition of multiplication, the product of two non-negative numbers in non-negative.
Can two integers have the same absolute value?
Yes, a positive integer and its negative have the same absolute value. For example, +5 and -5 have the same absolute value.
How can you predict the sign of the sum of a positive and a negative integer before you add the numbers?
If the absolute value of the positive integer is greater than the absolute value of the negative integer, then the sum of the two will be positive.If the absolute value of the positive integer is less than the absolute value of the negative integer, then the sum will be negative.If the absolute values of the two integers are the same then the sum will be zero, which has neither a negative nor a positive sign.
What value of a number is its distance from 0?
Its absolute value. E.g. the real numbers negative two (-2) and positive two (2) have the same absolute value (2).
