What is the absolute difference of 5 and 2?
Define Absolute Difference
The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y|
Draw these points on a number line:
Absolute Difference Steps:
Subtract the second number from the first
Take the absolute value of this subtraction (Positive Result
Plug in a = 5 and b = 2
Absolute Difference = |a - b|
Absolute Difference = |5 - 2|
Absolute Difference = |3|
Absolute Difference = 3
Final Answer
Absolute Difference = 3
