What is the absolute value of -5 3/5

Absolute Value is a meaning that between a distance from a number to zero. Refer to this example below

Distance of -5 3/5 is 5 3/5

If you were to present this in a number line, you would start at -5 3/5 and add 5 3/5 to get to zero.

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,