Absolute Value


Absolute Value

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Absolute value refers to distance and hence is always positive. It is the distance from zero. For example, on the x-axis, the distance from 0 to -4 is 4 units. The distance from 0 to 4 is also 4 units.



user-icon Submitted by apricotsun on Fri, 2007-12-14 08:07


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High School Math

Submitted by Going2Oahu on Fri, 2007-12-14 08:19.

This concept (absolute values) made no sense to me in high school - it does now :-) +1

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