The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 855 or 855?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 855?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|855| = ?
The absolute value of 855 is the distance between 855 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 855:
Since the distance between 855 and 0 on a number line is 855, we get the answer as follows:
|855| = 855
Note that the absolute value of 855 can also be written as abs(855) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 856
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