The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 489 or 489?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 489?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|489| = ?
The absolute value of 489 is the distance between 489 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 489:
Since the distance between 489 and 0 on a number line is 489, we get the answer as follows:
|489| = 489
Note that the absolute value of 489 can also be written as abs(489) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 490
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