When are the absolute value and then opposite of a rational number equal

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Soren Huerta

14 March, 04:34

When are the absolute value and then opposite of a rational number equal

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Sienna Cannon · Answer 1

Absolute value of X can be treated as a distance on the number line from zero to X, so it has no sign (or it's always positive, never negative).

That means that the absolute value of a rational number and its opposite may only be equal, if the rational number is lower than 0 (see the example above).