Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11692: Comparing absolute values - comparing absolute value
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-20 12:09:19+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, other, snowleo

Reporter: tdcdesigns@verizon.net

Some answers in this exercise don't make sense to me.
Academy answers:
-10 < than 2
-3 < 3
2 < -6
I've watched the videos & I still don't see that these answers make sense. If the absolute value is the distance from 0 how is -3 anything but equal to 3? & how is 2 less than 6? Please help.

[comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=52&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=52&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/comparing_absolute_values.html?seed=52&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%3Ccode%20style%3D%5C%5C%5C%22display%3A%20none%3B%5C%5C%5C%22%3E%26lt%3B%3C%2Fcode%3E%5C%22%22%2C19%5D%5D)

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