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WORTH 49 POINTS! How far away is -5 to |-5|?

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Answer:

5-(-5)=10.

Explanation:

User Igbanam
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|-5| is equivalent to 5, since that is how far -5 is from 0.

So, the question is simplified to: How far away is -5 from 5?

We get 5-(-5)=10.


Remember, absolute value is always positive (expect for 0) and the distance between two numbers is always positive (expect for 0).


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