Think of it as a distance or radius of a circle. A distance or radius is always positive. That is all absolute value is; a positive value. So, the absolute value of 3 is 3 and the absolute value of -3 is 3.
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Absolute value is a measure of distance.
No. The absolute value refers to the distance between a number on the number line and zero. Because it measure the distanceto zero, the absolute value of a number is always positive. So, any integer that is positive will be identical to its absolute value.
No. The absolute value of a number is the value of the number ignoring the sign - it is always positive: The absolute value of a negative number is a positive number; The absolute value of a positive number is a positive number.
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No, the absolute value of a number cannot equal a negative number.