Question

This is part b:can someone help me of I'm doing this right.

Mr. Wizard started at zero and jump to left 7 feet. Auntie long legs started at zero and John to right 5 feet. Wright an absolute value statement that shows the distance that each frog ended up from zero. Which frog was farther from zero.

|0-7|=|-6|=6
|0+5|=|5|=5
Mr. Wizard was farther from zero

Answer 1

[0 - 7] is not [-6].

Otherwise, you are correct so far.

Answer 2

Thank you David so it is |0-7|=|-7|=-7

Answer 3

Not quite, either the absolute value of a negative number is the positive version of that number. So, |-7| is 7.