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What is the Value of |5|

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The value of |5| is 5.

Asking the absolute value of a number is pretty much asking 'how many units away from zero is this number?' which is the reason why it's always positive.

|5| = 5, and |-5| = 5 because they are both 5 units away from 0.
User Alvin Stefanus
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|5|= 5.
Absolute Value is always positive.
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