The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 493 or 493?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 493?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|493| = ?
The absolute value of 493 is the distance between 493 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 493:
Since the distance between 493 and 0 on a number line is 493, we get the answer as follows:
|493| = 493
Note that the absolute value of 493 can also be written as abs(493) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 494
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