Which number sentence is not true? A. |-20| < 20 B. |9| = 9 C. |-20| > |9| D. |9| < |20|

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Lewis Taylor · Answer 1 · 2022-02-27T13:26:51+0000

|x| basically means the count of how far from zero. It will always be a positive number.

So the answer is A. |-20| < 20

because 20 is not greater than 20