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The only number whose absolute value is zero is zero. This is because a number's absolute value is its distance from zero on the number line.

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What is the absolute value of real numbers?

The distance from zero.


What The Distance From Zero On A Number Line is called?

the number from zero (the distance) is called incounting numbers


What is the absolute value of the product of all the integers from -6 to 3?

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A numbers distance from zero?

That is called the "absolute value". For example, the absolute value of 5 is 5; the absolute value of -5 is also 5. If you are familiar with complex numbers, the absolute value of 4 + 3i, for example, is also 5.


What are Two numbers at equal distance from zero are called?

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The difference of the absolute value of two numbers is positive?

Yes. The absolute value of two numbers is ALWAYS positive. This is because absolute value means "the number of spaces a number is from zero on a number line.


The absolute value of zero is?

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Why cant the adsolute value of a number be negtive?

That is because of the way the absolute value is defined. The absolute value of a positive number is positive, the absolute value of a negative number is also positive. The absolute value of zero is zero. Even in the complex numbers, the absolute value is defined in such a way that it is a real and positive number.


What is the absolute vaue of zero?

The absolute value of zero is zero.


Will positive numbers always have a higher absolute value than the negative numbers and WHY?

No. The absolute value is the distance a number is from zero. It is always represented by a positive number. The absolute value of any positive number and its negative counterpart is the same.


Can a negative number be greater than a positive number?

No. All positive numbers are greater than zero and all negative numbers are less than zero. Therefore, all positive numbers are greater than all negative numbers. That said, there is a such thing as absolute value, which is how far a number is from zero. For example the absolute value of -10 is 10. The absolute value of a negative number can be greater than that of a positive number.


Can absolute value be zero?

The absolute value of zero is zero. The absolute value of any other real number - or even of any other complex number - is different from zero.