Absolute real
Algebra
Level
1
True or false:
The absolute value of a real negative number is negative.
True
False
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1 solution
The absolute value of a number is its distance from 0. Thus, the absolute value of a real negative number will have to be positive.
Long story short, the absolute value of a real number is always positive.