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Absolute Value of a Number

            Sometimes, it is useful to restrict our attention over non-negative real numbers only. For this purpose, we define numerical or non-negative value of a real number which we call an absolute value or modulus of the real number.
            Absolute Value: The absolute value of a real number,a denoted by, is the real number a, -a, or 0according as a positive, negative, or zero.
i.e.                   
            From the definition of absolute value of a real number, we have


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            (1)   ,
            (2),
            (3)   .


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            (1) ,
            (2) .

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            (1) ,
            (2) .


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            If , then .
Solution:
            We have
           
                     
                     
                     
                     


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            For all real number, x andy, .
Solution:
            Here, for all real numbers x andy, we have
           
                               
                               




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