Select all true statements about the expression |-23|.
It equals 23.✓Correct answer
It measures how far -23 stands from zero.✓Correct answer
It equals -23.
No integer has an absolute value of -23.✓Correct answer
It is smaller than |23|, because -23 is the lower value.
Explanation
The bars turn a position into a count of steps, and this mark lies twenty-three steps from zero, so the result is a plain count with no direction attached. A negative outcome would describe a distance below nothing, which no pair of marks on a line can produce.