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Katniss Everdeen found the absolute value of |25| to be -25.

Do you agree? Yes or No
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Answer:

No

Explanation:

Absolute values will never be negative.

Since absolute values are simply the number's distance from zero, it can never be negative, since there are no negative distances.

In this case, | 25 | is equal to 25. This is because the distance from 0 to 25 is 25.

So, Katniss is wrong.

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