| | The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 102 or 102? 
 When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 102?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
 
 |102| = ?
 
 The absolute value of 102 is the distance between 102 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 102:
 
 
  
 Since the distance between 102 and 0 on a number line is 102, we get the answer as follows:
 
 |102| = 102
 
 
 Note that the absolute value of 102 can also be written as abs(102) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
 
 Absolute Value of 103
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