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How do the absolute values of -12.5 and 11.5 compare?

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Answer:

(−12.5) (11.5) = −143.75 Or -12.5 < 11.5

Explanation:

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User Snex
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Answer:

|-12.5|>|11.5|

Explanation:

When you take the absolute value of a number you're essentially measuring the scalar value or magnitude of that number. "How big is that number as a number not as in + or -".

In other words the number becomes positive

|-12.5|=12.5

|11.5|=11.5

since 12.5>11.5

we can then say

|-12.5|>|11.5|

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