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

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Recall that definition


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

A)


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

By using the definition


|-80|=-(-80)=80


|-80|=80

Option A is not true.

B)


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