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Answer:

The student is incorrect.

Step-by-step explanation:

When you add the absolute value lines around a negative number, it becomes a positive number. If you add them to a positive number, it stays positive. Since the student added them to -9, the number would become 9 which if greater than 4.

The statement is incorrect because |-9| is equal to 9 that is greater than |4|.

What is an absolute function?

The absolute function is also known as the mode function. The value of the absolute function is always positive.

The absolute function is given as

f(x) = | x – h | + k

A student said that since –9 is less than 4, then |–9| is less than |4|.

The above statement is incorrect because |-9| is equal to 9 that is greater than |4|.

More about the absolute function link is given below.

https://brainly.com/question/10664936

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