Question

Which of the following is not a true statement about absolute value?
A. Absolute value is always positive.
B. The absolute value of zero is undefined.
C. Absolute value is a measure of distance from zero.
D. The absolute value of a negative number is a positive number

Answer 1

B is the incorrect statement.

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

thank you

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The absolute value of 0 is 0. That's perfectly defined. However, 0 is not a positive number, so A is actually the one that's not true.

Answer 6

As I stated in the previous thread, absolute value is always positive. It is also a measure of the distance of a value from 0 on a number line.

Answer 7

Oh thats right(:

Answer 8

so whats the answer a or b

Answer 9

Its A

Answer 10

@Thurscon 0 is not a positive number. A number is positive if and only if it's greater than 0.

So the answer is A.

Answer 11

@KingGeorge, absolute values are always positive... with the exception of 0 ;P

Answer 12

But there's the one exception. So you can't say that the absolute value is always positive.