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|-17|= how do you do this

User RaZik
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Answer:

17

Explanation:

anything in absolute value brackets is going to be positive. Absolute value is the distance of that specific number on the number line from 0. so ex: -3 is 3 units away from 0 so therefore, the answer is 3.

User Rambou
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The absolute sign means the value of the number so |-17| would equal 17 so basically just make it positive
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