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If a and b are both negative numbers and a<b, what must be true about their absolute values?

a.|a| < |b|
                         b.|a| = |b|
   c.|a| > |b|
                       d.you cannot tell without knowing a and b

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it is c, since negitive a is a lower value, its number would be a higher number, so its absolute value would be higher.
User Kien Truong
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lets find out..
a < b....a is less then b....so let a = -4 and b = -3

|-4| ___ |-3|..absolute values are positive...
4 ____ 3........4 > 3...so |a| > |b|...answer C
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