Question

Simplify.

|–4.1| =

Answer 1

absolute value is always positve.

Answer 2

For example:
\(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|-6|=6} }\)

Answer 3

ok thank you

Answer 4

\(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|-9.532|=9.532} }\)

Answer 5

what do you get ?

Answer 6

4.1

Answer 7

-4.1= 4.1

Answer 8

yes |-4.1|=4.1

Answer 9

Lets consider the following: \(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|-5|} }\), what is this saying, it is saying this:

Answer 10

So, for any \(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|-a|} }\) or \(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|a|} }\) (where 'a' is a positve real number - saying, not an imaginary/complex)

\(\large\color{black}{ \displaystyle \color{forestgreen}{|\pm a|=a} }\)