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  • 24-11-2015
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What happens to a negative number when you take its absolutr value

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AL2006
AL2006 AL2006
  • 24-11-2015

It loses its negative sign.
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JasminaMino
JasminaMino JasminaMino
  • 24-11-2015
It becomes a positive number. A number's absolute value is the number of spaces it is away from 0 on a number line. If you're on negative 5, it is 5 spaces away from 0, so it's absolute value is 5.
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