Question

What is the absolute value of –27?

A.
–27

B.
27

Answer 1

any ideas? Hint: positive.

Answer 2

WHAT DOES ABSOLUTE VALUE MEAN?

Answer 3

Sorry Caps

Answer 4

I know what it means

Answer 5

Plz tell me

Answer 6

It's how far it is from 0, so what do you think?

Answer 7

27

Answer 8

yup!

Answer 9

The definition is the positive number of any pair of opposites is the absolute value.

Answer 10

Thx

Answer 11

Easier than it sounds "absolute value"

Answer 12

Yeah no problem!

Answer 13

Which is the exact same thing

Answer 14

abs 3 = 3 , abs -3 = 3

Answer 15

See^ 3 and -3 are opposites and the absolute value is the positive one :)

Answer 16

Formal definition:

absolute value: The positive number of any pair of opposite nonzero real numbers is the absolute value of each number in the pair. The absolute value of zero is zero. The absolute value of a number a is denoted by |a|.

Answer 17

The absolute value of a number can also be thought of as the distance between the graph of the number and the origin on a number line.

Answer 18

Which word describes a triangle with exactly two sides congruent?

A.
scalene

B.
equilateral

C.
isosceles

D.
right

Answer 19

Would that be an equilateral

Answer 20

Look up the definitions :)

Answer 21

Right

Answer 22

The first step in learning math is to become familiar with definitions.

Answer 23

familiar = memorize