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Kayla claims that the absolute value of a number is always greater than the number itself. Which statement about her claim is true? Kayla is correct. Any positive number is greater than a negative, and absolute value of a number is always positive. Kayla is correct. The distance between 0 and a number is always more than the number. Kayla is incorrect. The absolute value of a positive number is negative, and negative numbers are less than positive numbers. Kayla is incorrect. The absolute value of 0 or a positive number is equal to the number.

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Kayla is incorrect. The absolute value of 0 or a positive number is equal to the number.
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Solution:

The Claim that Kayla has made that absolute value of a number is always greater than the number itself is not true.

The correct statement should be, :

The Absolute value of a number is always greater than or equal to the number itself is a true statement.

Symbolically, | x | ≥ x , if x is a real number.→→True statement

Out of four options, given

Option(D)→ The Claim made by Kayla is incorrect.As, The absolute value of 0 or a positive number is equal to the number.

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