Let's say that x = -2, or any negative number. Would the absolute value of x be x or -x?
2007-09-12 11:32:33 · 6 answers · asked by ok_go_kid 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If x is negative, then its absolute value is -x.
In your example, you know that |-2| = 2. Since x = -2,
|(-2)| = 2.
|(-2)| = -(-2). Now substitute x for -2.
|x| = -x.
2007-09-12 11:40:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-x
if x IS a negative number, then -x is positive. The absolute value of x would not be x. That would be a negative value. -x would be the absolute value of x.
If x = -5, then (abs x) = 5, not -5, or x.
-x = -(-5) = 5
2007-09-12 11:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by ccw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolute value is the value without polarity.
We read this as the positive value.
2007-09-12 11:36:43 · answer #3 · answered by Allison R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x because any absolute value solution will always be +
2007-09-12 11:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
+X
Absolute value is a function that turns all numbers positive and that's all it does.
/x/ = the set whose members are (0,1,2,3...) and in the case of Real Numbers it includes all the numbers in between.
/x/ turns anything put into the place of x into a positive number.
2007-09-12 11:36:32 · answer #5 · answered by Dan S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
but would be postive 2
you cant have a negative ablosute value
2007-09-12 11:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by gousa1991 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋