The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 588 or 588?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 588?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|588| = ?
The absolute value of 588 is the distance between 588 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 588:
Since the distance between 588 and 0 on a number line is 588, we get the answer as follows:
|588| = 588
Note that the absolute value of 588 can also be written as abs(588) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 589
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