Asked by Mary

I am working with absolute value. I understand this concept for
|x| When x= Greater or equal to 0
|-x| when x= less than 0
Now I don’t understand this below.
-|x|
Please help. Thank you!
Answered by Damon
|x| is always greater than 0 , to the right of the origin on number line.(or equal to zero)
therefore
-|x| is always to the left of zero (or zero)
-|x| </= 0
Answered by Damon
by the way |-x| = |x| >/= 0
It is always positive or zero
Answered by Damon
One way to think:
| of point on number line| = length of string from origin to the point. It could be left or right, same string length.

- the string length is negative :)
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