Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11192: Comparing absolute values - Comparing absolute values
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-14 04:25:52+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, ie9, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: portrait_catalyst71@live.com

Hello, i was on a problem and it looks like the answer im putting is wrong when it looks like it should be right.
The problem is:
2___-9 it says that 2 is greater then -9, but the video says that in absoulute value terms -9 is the same as 9 so that would make
-9 greater then 2. Any help would be great, thanks.

[comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=150&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=150&problem=0&debug)

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