Question

What is absolute value?

Answer 1

The absolute value.

The absolute value of a numeral is the distance measured by a number line. The is defined as$\left|a\right|$, in which $a$can be any integer. It is also known as modulus value.

For example:

$$\begin{gathered} \left(i\right)\left|10\right|=10 \\ \left(ii\right)|-5|=5 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, The absolute value of any numeral is the distance measured by a number line.