Which of the following uses absolute value correctly to show the distance between -40 and 18

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Jinyu · Answer 1 · 2019-07-22T01:14:11+0000

The third selection is appropriate.
|-40 -18| = |-58| = 58 . . . . units

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In the first selection, it is trying to tell you |-58| = -58. That is not so. The result of taking the absolute value is that the sign is never negative.

Which of the following uses absolute value correctly to show the distance between -40 and 18

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