From the question, we are asked to find which is great between 12.5 or |-13|
recall:
|-13|
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between -13 and 0 is 13.
The absolute symbol makes any number positive.
So, |-13| is the greater because |-13| = 13.
So, between 12.5 and |-13|, |-13| is greater since it is same as 13.