How to find absolute value

The absolute value of any positive number is the number itself, so 29 has 29 as an absolute value. Also, the absolute value of a negative number is its (positive) opposite, so also has 29 as an absolute value.

Solve the terms inside the absolute value first.

A negative value inside the absolute value sign will be converted to a positive value.

Use order of operation to solve.

The answer is:

Solve by first simplifying the absolute value inside the radical.

Simplify the radical.

The answer is:

Even though the Smiths travelled backwards you still have to add the positive number to the equation. So it looks like this:

which equals

Solve the parts inside the absolute value first.

Any value inside the absolute value sign will be converted to a positive number.

Simplify the expression.

The answer is:

Simplify the innermost absolute value first. Negative numbers inside the absolute value will be converted to a positive value.

Evaluate the terms inside the absolute value and solve.

The answer is:

The symbol above represents the absolute value, which we find by simply determining the positive value of the number in question. If the number is positive, it remains positive, but if it is negative, we just drop the negative sign. Therefore, the absolute value of is .

The absolute value of every real number is nonnegative, so no number with absolute value can exist.

To solve, first treat the absolute value like a parenthesis and simplify your inside. Therefore you get,

Then, you must remember that absolute value means you make the quantity on the inside positive, so our number becomes 3 instead of negative 3.

Simplify the following expression:

We can begin by changing the absolute value sign to a positive 16.

We can do this because negative numbers within an absolute value sign should always be thought of as positive numbers.

Next, simplify your fraction to get