Question

What does |-5|= and what does it mean

Answer 1

That is called "absolute value" and the answer to that would be positive 5.

Explanation:

Anything within the lines would automatically become positive.

Answer 2

Explanation:

the | | is the absolute value bars. this basically "takes away" all negative values and turns them to positive. these bars mean that instead of counting WHERE on the number line it is, you count how many boxes it is from the origin (0,0). for ex: the absolute value of -2 = 2. BECAUSE there is 2 units between -2 and 0,0. does that make sense? in your problem, the absolute value of -5= 5 because there are 5 units between -5 and 0