How do you find the absolute value of #abs(10)#?

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Shwetank Mauria
Oct 23, 2016

#|10|=10#

Explanation:

Absolute value of a number is its value sans its sign, positive or negative i.e. for #17# or #+17# (absence of any sign means it is positive), it is #17# and for #-17# to it is #17#.

Number #10# has no sign i.e. it is positive and hence, we can say that #|10|=10#.

Graphically, absolute value of a number can be described as distance of its location on real number line from origin i.e. point described as #0#, irrespective of its direction, whether towards positive or negative side of origin.
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As the distance of #10# from origin is #10#, its absolute value #|10|=10#

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