The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 887 or 887?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 887?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|887| = ?
The absolute value of 887 is the distance between 887 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 887:
Since the distance between 887 and 0 on a number line is 887, we get the answer as follows:
|887| = 887
Note that the absolute value of 887 can also be written as abs(887) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 888
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