Question

Here's the problem Jack and Jill are trying to solve: -19 = ?

Jack thinks the answer is -9, because the negative is outside the absolute
value signs.
Jill thinks the answer is 9, because the teacher said absolute value is
always positive.
Who is right and why? Explain your steps using sentences.​

Answer 1

Jill is in the right

Step-by-step explanation: The precise term in "non-negative." Absolute value is a magnitude and is either positive or zero. Zero is neither positive nor negative. But the absolute value of any non-zero number can be thought of as it's distance from zero and it will always be positive.