It was my understanding that it’s like velocity vs speed. Positive/Negative numbers have a directional component, that is that they are above or below zero. Absolute values, however, lack a direction. They’re a value, but they don’t tell you if the value is positive or negative.
Absolute value shows only distance from the 0 value on the number line without the direction. All distances are positive when viewed without direction.
They’re not negative, thus they’re positive.
It was my understanding that it’s like velocity vs speed. Positive/Negative numbers have a directional component, that is that they are above or below zero. Absolute values, however, lack a direction. They’re a value, but they don’t tell you if the value is positive or negative.
Absolute value shows only distance from the 0 value on the number line without the direction. All distances are positive when viewed without direction.
What about non binary numbers?
Those are just complex.