What is the absolute value of 2.3

The absolute value of any positive number is that number itself.

If you take the absolute value of a negative number, then just erase the negative sign and you have your answer.

The absolute value is never negative. It represents distance from that value to 0 on the number line.

So saying |2.3| = 2.3 means the number 2.3 is exactly 2.3 units away from 0 on the number line.

Another example would be |-7| = 7 showing that from 0 to -7 is 7 spaces.

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.