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What is the application of modulus(absolute value of a real number) in mathematics? Is it very important?

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14 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of HIBA SHEIKH
14 Years ago

lx-al ;x,a belongs to real nos.

=> the unit distance brtween two real nos. x & a on the real number line.

therefore the absolute value of a real no. a is the distance o a from zero. ( l0-al=lal=a, ie., the numerical value of a.