What is the absolute difference of 5 and 2?

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 = 5 and b = 2

Absolute Difference = |a - b|

Absolute Difference = |5 - 2|

Absolute Difference = |3|

Absolute Difference = 3

Final Answer

Absolute Difference = 3


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  2. Will an absolute value be negative or positive?
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What is the Answer?
Absolute Difference = 3
How does the Absolute Difference Calculator work?
Free Absolute Difference Calculator - Calculates the absolute difference between 2 numbers
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What 1 formula is used for the Absolute Difference Calculator?

Absolute Difference = |x - y|

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What 3 concepts are covered in the Absolute Difference Calculator?

absolute difference
The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y|
absolute value
A positive number representing the distance from 0 on a number line
subtraction
math operation involving the difference of elements
Example calculations for the Absolute Difference Calculator
  1. absolute difference for 5 and 2
  2. calculate the absolute difference for 20 and -5
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