The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 462 or 462?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 462?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|462| = ?
The absolute value of 462 is the distance between 462 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 462:
Since the distance between 462 and 0 on a number line is 462, we get the answer as follows:
|462| = 462
Note that the absolute value of 462 can also be written as abs(462) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 463
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