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The absolute value of a number is simply the value of the number regardless of sign. We were comparing +7 and -9. Now, if we pay no attention to the sign, and if we consider only the absolute value of the number, we are comparing simply 7 and 9. Surely 7 isn’t larger than 9, is it?
