Which statement is true? A. |–12| = –12 B. |–4| 0 D. |–8|

Question

Which statement is true? 	
	
 
A.
	|–12| = –12
	
 
B.
	

|–4| < 3
	
 
C.
	|–5| > 0
	
 
D.
	

|–8| < |8|

anonymous · Answer

Do you know what |_| means?

anonymous · Answer

Yes Absolute Value @OrangeMaster

anonymous · Answer

Yes, and this means that the negative values are also positive. Could you use that info to solve the problem?

brrandyn · Answer

Okay, brilliant. Recall that an absolute number is positive regardless of the symbol in coefficient(s). Evaluate the statements. 

A ) Is the absolute value (positive 12) equal to negative 12? 
B) Is the absolute value (positive 4) less than 3? 
C) Is the absolute value (positive 5) greater than 0? Yes. 

The answer is C.

anonymous · Answer

Could've given them a shot. >.>

anonymous · Answer

Thank you just came up with that @Brrandyn

brrandyn · Answer

Well done, @*Tay* !