The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 584 or 584?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 584?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|584| = ?
The absolute value of 584 is the distance between 584 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 584:
Since the distance between 584 and 0 on a number line is 584, we get the answer as follows:
|584| = 584
Note that the absolute value of 584 can also be written as abs(584) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 585
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