Enter a and b for absolute difference below:

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What is the absolute difference of 20 and -5?

Define Absolute Difference

The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y|

Draw these points on a number line:

Plug in a = 20 and b = -5

Absolute Difference = |a - b|

Absolute Difference = |20 - -5|

Absolute Difference = |25|

Absolute Difference = 25

Final Answer

Absolute Difference = 25


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What is the Answer?
Absolute Difference = 25
How does the Absolute Difference Calculator work?
Free Absolute Difference Calculator - Calculates the absolute difference between 2 numbers
This calculator has 2 inputs.

What 1 formula is used for the Absolute Difference Calculator?

Absolute Difference = |x - y|

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What 3 concepts are covered in the Absolute Difference Calculator?

absolute difference
The distance on a number line between 2 values.
|x - y|
absolute value
A positive number representing the distance from 0 on a number line
subtraction
math operation involving the difference of elements
Example calculations for the Absolute Difference Calculator
  1. absolute difference for 5 and 2
  2. calculate the absolute difference for 20 and -5

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