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True or False : |-25| = -25

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

The absolute value of a quantity is ALWAYS positive. If there were a negative outside of that, that would make it negative. This is the ONLY exception.

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User Ghickman
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Answer:

FALSE

Explanation:

The definiton of an absolute value:


|a|=\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}a&amp;for&amp;a\geq0\\-a&amp;for&amp;a<0\end{array}\right

The absolute value of any real number is a non-negative number.

|-25| = -(-25) = 25 > 0

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