Description:
Absolute Value questions ask you to solve equations involving the
absolute value symbol. |-3| = 3
Approach:
These questions require you to know that an absolute value symbol makes
whatever is inside of it positive.
Additionally you must remember that when an absolute value symbol is
combined within an inequality you must solve two equations.
1) Distance from Zero
The absolute value of a number refers to the number’s distance from
zero. For example, the absolute value of -2 is 2, and the absolute value of
2 is also 2.
You may find it helpful to think about absolute value in terms of a standard
number line:
![[Image: Diagram of a number line]](/MindFish/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Wikis.Components.Files/sat_5F00_preparation/3250.Number_2D00_line.gif)
-1 and 1 are the same distance from 0, and thus their absolute values
are the same as well (both 1).
2) Practice:
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|5 - 9| = ?
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|16 - 20| = ?
