# How do you find the absolute value of two numbers?

## How do you find the absolute value of two numbers?

The most common way to represent the absolute value of a number or expression is to surround it with the absolute value symbol: two vertical straight lines.

1. |6| = 6 means “the absolute value of 6 is 6.”
2. |–6| = 6 means “the absolute value of –6 is 6.”
3. |–2 – x| means “the absolute value of the expression –2 minus x.”

What is the absolute value?

The absolute value (or modulus) | x | of a real number x is the non-negative value of x without regard to its sign. For example, the absolute value of 5 is 5, and the absolute value of −5 is also 5. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero along real number line.

### What’s the absolute value of 1?

Of course, 1 is the absolute value of both 1 and –1, but it’s also the absolute value of both i and –i since they’re both one unit away from 0 on the imaginary axis. The unit circle is the circle of radius 1 centered at 0. It include all complex numbers of absolute value 1, so it has the equation |z| = 1.

What is the absolute value of -| 14?

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between −14 and 0 is 14 .

#### Why is absolute value used in the formula for distance?

The standard deviation formula may look confusing,but it will make sense after we break it down.

• Find the mean.
• For each data point,find the square of its distance to the mean.
• Sum the values from Step 2.
• Divide by the number of data points.
• Take the square root.
• What does absolute value mean?

The absolute value is always a positive number except for zero, as zero is neither positive or negative. Absolute value refers to the distance of a number from zero, regardless of direction. The distance is always positive, as absolute value of a number cannot be negative.

## How do you find the absolute the absolute value?

Problem:|( − 4 ∗ 5)+3 − 2|{\\displaystyle|(-4*5)+3-2|}

• Simplify inside parenthesis:|( − 20)+3 − 2|{\\displaystyle|(-20)+3-2|}