Which of the following could be equal to /x/? Select all that apply.

5

0

-2

-5

Question

Which of the following could be equal to /x/? Select all that apply.

5
		
0
		
-2
		
-5

anonymous · Answer

/x/ I guess stands for $$\left| x \right|$$
What do you know about this function? What does it do?

undeadknight26 · Answer

i believe this equals 0. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%7Cx%7C

anonymous · Answer

5 or 0
When I log in to this site, I prefer spending a bit more time to explain things rather than just giving the answer. However lot of people just want the answer and do not care about maths :(

anonymous · Answer

@Andras I care about math. I'm not that great at it but I like it. My best subjects are Biology, History, English and French.

undeadknight26 · Answer

oi ill just back off man...

anonymous · Answer

The two lines on the outside of X stand the positive value of the number inside, therefore the answer can not be negative

anonymous · Answer

Hope that helps a little :)

anonymous · Answer

Sorry I didnt mean to be rude. 
Anyway this function is called the absolute value function. Basically it changes - to + and leaves + numbers (and 0) as they were. So the result as chris mentioned cannot be -