The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 861 or 861?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 861?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|861| = ?
The absolute value of 861 is the distance between 861 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 861:
Since the distance between 861 and 0 on a number line is 861, we get the answer as follows:
|861| = 861
Note that the absolute value of 861 can also be written as abs(861) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 862
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