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Comparing Absolute Values A student said that since -9 is less than 4, then |-9| is less than |4|. Is the student correct? Explain why or why not.
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Comparing Absolute Values

A student said that since -9 is less than 4, then |-9| is
less than |4|. Is the student correct? Explain why or why
not.

User My Pham
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No, the student is not correct
Absolute value depends on the distance from zero, -9 is 9 values from zero as 4 is 4 values from zero

9 is greater than 4; the answer is false
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Answer:

i don not know this. but I think

Explanation:

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