Question

A bank teller helps two customers.Omar takes 15$ withdraw,so his balance changes by -$15.Jake makes a $10 deposit,so his balance changes by $10. Use absolute value to show the size of each transaction. Witch transaction involves more money

Answer 1

Omar had the bigger transaction

Explanation:

The absolute value of a number is basically the distance between that digit and zero (0) therefore making the absolute value always a positive number. In this instance, the absolute values would be the following

Omar |-15| = 15

Jake |10| = 10

Now that we have both absolute values we can see that Omar had the transaction that involves more money. Exactly $5 more than Jake's transaction.