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ADistance is never negative
BDivision is never negative
CDecimals are never negative
DDiagrams are never negative
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Distance is never negative
1. Absolute value measures a distance from zero.
2. A distance cannot be less than nothing.
3. Because distance is never negative, the absolute value of any number is never negative.
4. So the answer is never below zero.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Integers', sections 3.1-3.5_
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