Question

How do you simplify `abs(-3/2)`?

Answer 1

`|-3/2|`, or the absolute value of `-3/2`, can be written as `|0 - 3/2|`.

Recall that `|x - a|` means that the value is a distance `a` from `x` on the number line.

So, this means you are looking for the distance from `0` to `-3/2`. In other words, the distance from `(0,0)`, to `(-3/2,0)`.

This distance is always positive, and it is equal to `\mathbf(3/2)`.