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What is the absolute value of –8? Use the number line to help answer the question. sorry i know there is no numberline.
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What is the absolute value of –8? Use the number line to help answer the question.

sorry i know there is no numberline.

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Answer:

the answer is 8

Explanation:

User Victor Carvalho
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we know that
The absolute value of a number is its size. For positive numbers the size is the same as the number. For negative numbers it is the corresponding positive number.

in this problem
|-8|=8

the answer is
8

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