From 1f2d141d1932d1d7187b37915d811234d09026ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ellakenn07 <41590345+ellakenn07@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 23:00:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] clarifying on a definition (#23943)

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 ## Absolute Value
 
-Absolute value is the non-negative value of a number.
+Absolute value is the non-negative value of a number, whether that number is positive or negative.
 You can think of a number's absolute value as its distance from zero.
 It can be defined as,