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What's absolute value |-8|

User Fraber
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Hello.

|-8| = 8

As the absolute value of a negative number is its positive value.

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User RidgeA
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The absolute value of a number can never be negative. That's because it represents the distance of a number from zero on a number line. The number
-8 is
8 digits to the left of zero on a number line. So, the absolute value of
-8 would be
8 .

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