Which list of values is ordered from least to greatest?

A.
|–6|, 0, 2, –|–5|

B.
–|5|, |–4|, 2, 5

C.
–9, –|–2|, 0, |9|

D.
|–10|, –|–4|, 1, |–7|

Question

Which list of values is ordered from least to greatest?
 
 A.
|–6|, 0, 2, –|–5|
 
 B.
–|5|, |–4|, 2, 5
 
 C.
–9, –|–2|, 0, |9|
 
 D.
|–10|, –|–4|, 1, |–7|

solomonzelman · Answer

you know what $\large\color{blue}{  |-6|   }$  means, correct?

randomecorner · Answer

oh hey how ironic i was going to ask u this but i rememberd that you had a lot of peeps asking you a qestion  and yes that means regilar -6

solomonzelman · Answer

no, that means an absolute value of -6.
Look at it like this, 

(may I ask you)   what is the distance from 0 to -6?

randomecorner · Answer

6 numbers away

solomonzelman · Answer

Yes, 6 (units) away.

solomonzelman · Answer

But it is not -6, it is positive 6.

solomonzelman · Answer

And this is what we are saying, absolute value is like a distance:

randomecorner · Answer

oh my books says outherwise

solomonzelman · Answer

$\large\color{slate}{    |a|     }$  means  "absolute value of a" (distance from 0 to a, be "a" a positive number, or a negative number)

solomonzelman · Answer

can you re-write the answer choices, but without any absolute values?

solomonzelman · Answer

okay, I will re-write the first answer choice for you, so that you can see what I want here.

solomonzelman · Answer

A.
|–6|, 0, 2, –|–5|

re-writing,
 $\large\color{slate}{   6,~0,~2,~-5         }$

(got -5, because the absolute value of -5, |-5| is 5, and then there is another negative in front of it)
(got 6, because the absolute value of -6, is 6)

(except that you just have to re-write, not to explain)

solomonzelman · Answer

oh, click question above or below, and come in to here again, to get rid of question marks

randomecorner · Answer

hey i have to go i will be back in 2 hours sorry