The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of negative 855 or -855?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of -855?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|-855| = ?
The absolute value of -855 is the distance between -855 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where -x is -855:
Since the distance between -855 and 0 on a number line is 855, we get the answer as follows:
|-855| = 855
Note that the absolute value of -855 can also be written as abs(-855) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of -854
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