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Absolute value

Distance from zero, ignoring sign — |−7| = 7.

Absolute value is the distance from zero on the number line — always positive (or zero). Written |x|.

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|−7|

7.

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|3 − 10|

|−7| = 7.

|x| is how far x is from 0. Direction (sign) gets discarded.