Question

What is the value of |−32|?

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Answer 1

Absolute value bars (those flat parentheses around the number) mean that you disregard the sign in front of the number and just treat it as a distance from 0. Remember that distances can't be negative, so absolute value bars will always make negative numbers become positive.

Answer 2

Oh okay so it would be +32

Answer 3

Or just 32?

Answer 4

Well +32 is the same as 32. If a number has no sign in front of it, it is positive.