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Jeandre said |8| equals |−8|. Is Jeandre correct?
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Jeandre said |8| equals |−8|. Is Jeandre correct?

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Yes this would be correct as anything absolute is positive

Hope this helps!
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Hi there Brainiac!

Yes, Jeandre is correct!

The absolute value changes negative numbers to positive and keeps positive numbers as positive.

|8| = 8

|-8| = 8

Have an awesome day! :)

~collinjun0827, Junior Moderator
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