Which number sentence is NOT true?OA) |-80| < 80OB) |17|= 17OC) |-80| > |17|OD) |-17| < |80|

Lwiii asked Nov 19, 2023

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Lwiii asked Nov 19, 2023

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Recall that definition

$|x|=\begin{cases}-x\text{ if x}\leq\text{0} \\ x\text{ if x>0}\end{cases}$

$\text{Consider }|-80|,\text{ here -80 <0.}$

By using the definition

Option A is not true.

Yaobin Then answered Nov 25, 2023

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