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Guys! What does "absolute value" mean? Please answer me!

5th Jun 2019, 4:04 PM
Mr Creeperon [GD]
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It's the positive value of a number, it removes the negative sign from any negative number leaving it positive. Examples: Absolute value of -4 is 4 Absolute value of -78 is 78 Absolute value of 0 is also 0
5th Jun 2019, 4:10 PM
Mo Hani
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Thank you)
5th Jun 2019, 4:11 PM
Mr Creeperon [GD]
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For real numbers, what Mo Hani said. For complex number it is the distance between the position of the number on the complex plane and the origin. For a complex number z = a + b*i, using Pythagorean's theorem we get the absolite value r = |a| = sqrt(a^2 + b^2). Since real numbers are compelx numbers with b = 0, we get the formula |x| = sqrt(x^2) which is the number without the sign.
5th Jun 2019, 5:50 PM
Vlad Serbu
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Everything is posititve, no negative values
6th Jun 2019, 5:27 AM
Lovro
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It simply means ignore the native sign, take it as a positive number. E.g. find the absolute value of -2*3 the result is simply 6. that is you neglect the negative sign
10th Jun 2019, 9:11 AM
Jonah Jackson Joseph
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it means remove the negative sign from any negative number take an example: absolute value of -8 is 8
11th Jun 2019, 8:26 AM
smipta kaur
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Absolute value on real numbers is a function that has the formula (sorry for the layout): x , if x >= 0 / f(x)=| \ -x , if x < 0
23rd Jul 2019, 10:24 AM
Nboumakis
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it simply means the positive value of any number, that is abs(7)=7 and abs(-7)=7
26th Jul 2019, 8:57 AM
Achego Tamunobelema
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