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I'm sorry that I'm asking this, I feel odd doing it, but I'm tired. So what is the value of |-8|

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| - 8 | means that -8 is 8 units far away from 0.

We use the units to answer, so we say that | - 8 | = 8.

The Absolute Value has defines and they are for basics.


|a| = a\\|-a| = a\\-|a|=-a\\-|-a|=-|a|=-a

These are just basics for absolute value.

Therefore, | - 8 | = 8.

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