Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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Maintaining Mathematical Proficiency
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Exercise 4 Page 51

The absolute value of a negative number is always positive.

Practice makes perfect

The absolute value of a number is the non-negative value of that number. |a| = a and |- a| = aWe can start by calculating the expression inside the absolute value.

2+|- 2|
2+2
4

Now that the expression has been simplified, we can graph 4 as a closed circle on a number line.