What is the absolute difference of 20 and -5?
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 = 20 and b = -5
Absolute Difference = |a - b|
Absolute Difference = |20 - -5|
Absolute Difference = |25|
Absolute Difference = 25
Final Answer
Absolute Difference = 25
