tenmarks says absolute value is still negative

Question

Hi i go work on tenmarks i always knew absolute value was always positive but over there they still made it negative why?

Answer 1

Hi,

 

Absolute value of any number is positive. For example |4| =4  and |-4| =4

 

As you see above, absolute value of 4 and -4 are equal (both would be equal to 4). But you can have -|6| = -6

or -|-8| = -8

 

Anything inside the absolute value || would become positive.