Angelica says that finding the absolute value of a number is the same as finding the opposite of the number. For example, |-5|=5. Explain her error

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she is wrong because an absolute value is always positive and opposite is always, well, opposite.

Pavlo Ostasha answered Oct 22, 2017

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