Algebra Examples

$f (- 8) = \frac{- 8}{| - 8 |}$

Step 1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 8$ and $0$ is $8$ .

$f (- 8) = \frac{- 8}{8}$

Step 2

Divide $- 8$ by $8$ .

$f (- 8) = - 1$