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Evaluate |5|. How does this differ from Evaluate 5! ?
What is the answer to this problem? I know the vertical lines mean absolute value and that Evaluate 5! = 5x4x3x2x1.
Is evaluate |5| simply asking me the value of the 5 in this case, which would be 5?
If this is the case would Evaluate evaluate |-5| also be 5?
5 Answers
- ?Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Properly, absolute value means the distance from the number to zero on a number line
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The absolute value of a number is always the positive version. So absolute value of 5 and -5 are both 5. 5 factorial is very different, mainly use in statistics.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
|5| = 5
|-5| = 5
5! = 5x4x3x2x1
You are entirely correct.
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