How do you find the absolute value of -6?

Answer 1

#|-6| = 6#,
as follows from the definition of absolute value of a real number.

Remember what an absolute value of a real number is.

A non-negative number (i.e., positive or zero) has an absolute value of the same number. Examples of such numbers are #|23|=23#, #|0|=0#, and #|1234567890|=1234567890#.

A negative number's absolute value is equal to its negation (the difference between #0# and this number), so for instance, #|-23|=-(0-23)=23#, and #|-1234567890|=-(0-1234567890)=1234567890#

For this reason, #|-6|=-(0-6)=6#.

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Answer 2

Nathan Axel

The absolute value of -6 is 6.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.