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Jeandre said |3| equals |-3|. Is Jeandre correct? Explain your answer.
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Jeandre said |3| equals |-3|. Is Jeandre correct? Explain your answer.

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Jeandre is correct. Absolute value signs give you the magnitude of the value within its signs and not their direction. 3 and -3 are both 3 units from the origin.

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