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Earn +20 ptsQ: Why is that the absolute value of a number doesn't equal -8?
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How can an absolute value be equal to itself?
If a number is zero or positive, then its absolute value is equal to the number.
Refering to absolute value can the absolute value of x be -2?
No, the absolute value of a number cannot equal a negative number.
No possitive number is less than its absolute value?
True, every positive number is equal to its absolute value. Every negative number will be smaller than its absolute value.
Will the square of a numbers absolute value always equal the absolute value of the number's square?
yes
What number and its absolute value are equal?
Any positive number.
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