What does it mean when a number is in brackets like these? | |
example|-10|
The opposite
Ex: |-10| = 10
Thanks so much
Not really
Just always positive
|-10| = +10
but also
|+10| = +10
When a number is enclosed within brackets, like | -10 | in your example, it generally indicates the absolute value of the number. The absolute value represents the distance of a number from zero on a number line, regardless of its sign (+ or -).
To find the absolute value of a number, you simply remove any negative signs, if they exist. In the case of | -10 |, the absolute value would be 10 since it is the distance of -10 from zero on the number line.
So, when you see a number enclosed within vertical bars, denoted as | |, it means you need to disregard the negative sign (if there is one) and consider the positive value of the number.