Question

Which of the following is true?

|−9| < 6
|−9| < |−6|
|−6| < −9
|−6| < |−9|

Answer 1

Remember that absolute value makes it positive

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

now which one do u think it is?

Answer 4

try to first evaluate the absolute values

Answer 5

for example, |-3| = 3
|-4| = 4
|7| = 7

Answer 6

oh ok

Answer 7

ummm... C maybe kinda confused

Answer 8

|-6| = 6
is 6 < -9?

Answer 9

ummmmm

Answer 10

no?

Answer 11

Just copy and pasting what I have explained before.

Ok so you know what the sign means (<) , but incase you don't know then it means which ever side is on the right of ONLY THIS SYMBOL (<), it bigger, so 4<5 is the same thing as saying four is less than five.

Now, absolute value (the thing that has the| |) is how far away the number is away from zero. This is usually showed on a line plot though. An example of absolute value would be |10| which is saying the absolute value of 10. The absolute value of 10 is 10. The reason for that is that 8 is 10 points away from 0. The same would be for |-10| because it is also 10 units away from 10.
So, Absolute value is the distance a number is away from 0.

Answer 12

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what

Answer 13

Did you try reading it? :)

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

I'm explaining to you how to solve the problem

Answer 16

ohhh

Answer 17

umm is still dont understand it i dont know what you guys are talking about

Answer 18

Here's an example that from another question

Option A says
\[ |−8| < 6\]

So what we have to do is find the absolute value of 8.
As I said to find the absolute value we have to find the distance away from 0 the number is.

So 8 is 8 units away from 0.

So now it changed from \[ |−8| < 6\] to \[8<6\] or 8 is less than 6 which is false
As I said, which ever number is on the right of the < sign is the one that is saying that it's bigger.

6 is on the right and 6 isn't bigger than 8 so we can mark a as false

Now option B

The equation is \[ |−6| < |−8|\]
The first step would be find the absolute value of both of them.
The absolute value or |-6|=6 and the absolute value of |-8|=8

Which means it is now changed to 6<8

Or 6 is less than 8

Which is true!

Answer 19

https://questioncove.com/users/supie#/updates/5fcfbcd25e3913692c77b400

Answer 20

B

Answer 21

Option B is incorrect.

Answer 22

That was just an example.

Answer 23

oh oh

Answer 24

So, do you have any idea on what absolute value is?

Answer 25

nah

Answer 26

Absolute value is the distance a number is away from 0

absolute value (the thing that has the| |) is how far away the number is away from zero. This is usually showed on a line plot though. An example of absolute value would be |10| which is saying the absolute value of 10. The absolute value of 10 is 10. The reason for that is that 8 is 10 points away from 0. The same would be for |-10| because it is also 10 units away from 10.

Answer 27

as Darkknight said "Remember that absolute value makes it positive" so if it say |-4| this would just be 4

Answer 28

D final guess im going with D

Answer 29

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @yeetantor
D final guess im going with D
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Yes D is correct.

Answer 30

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @yeetantor
D final guess im going with D
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
do you know why ?

Answer 31

no but i know its right

Answer 32

so absolute value just means as i said if it's |-4| then you make it +4
so in D |−6| < |−9| means 6<9
this is going to be correct bc 6 Is indeed less than 9

make any sense?

Answer 33

The absolute value of |−6| is 6 because it is 6 units away from 0

Try picturing it on a number line

|−9| is 9 units away from 0

so that would make it \[6<9\]

Answer 34

kinda

Answer 35

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @mxddi3
so absolute value just means as i said if it's |-4| then you make it +4
so in D |−6| < |−9| means 6<9
this is going to be correct bc 6 Is indeed less than 9

make any sense?
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
kinda

Answer 36

I explained it above all this using a different question as an example.

Answer 37

does Darkknight's "Remember absolute value is always positive" help.
can you tell me what you need more help with so I can show you?

Answer 38

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @mxddi3
does Darkknight's "Remember absolute value is always positive" help.
can you tell me what you need more help with so I can show you?
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
no it does no more help im done

Answer 39

thanks

Answer 40

Ok np but we tried to explain 🤷‍♂️