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Explain the difference in meaning between |-3| and -3.
My answer is
The difference between |-3| and -3 is simple: the difference is absolute value. |-3| is read as 'the absolute value of negative three', which means its total distance in units from the number line. So, the |-3| is 3.
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total distance in units from the number line
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but it is ON the number line.
You mean total distance from ZERO on the number line.
Thank you so much! This really helped!
You are welcome.
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