Technically true, but they are always graphed in positive quadrants.
Comment on positivity
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 9 months ago
I might be wrong, but I thought absolute values weren’t positive or negative?
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They’re not negative, thus they’re positive.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 9 months ago
It was my understanding that it’s like velocity vs speed. Positive/Negative numbers have a directional component, that is that they are above or below zero. Absolute values, however, lack a direction. They’re a value, but they don’t tell you if the value is positive or negative.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Absolute value shows only distance from the 0 value on the number line without the direction. All distances are positive when viewed without direction.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What about non binary numbers?
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Those are just complex.