🔒 In need of help figuring this out

[blazing wedge]

I have an assignment for loops and before I can do that, I need to familiarize myself with booleans and expressions in order to do loops. I don't think programming is for me but I can't really afford to fail this class and I need to pass this semester. Here is my question for this practice quiz:

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@blazing wedge

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[blazing wedge]

Goal: Learn to use control flows to obtain conditional results.

Assignment: Assume the variable x has been assigned a float. Write code that assigns the absolute value of x to the variable value without using the built-in abs function.

Note: The absolute value of a number is the number without the sign. For example:

if x is -3, your code will assign 3 to value
if x = 99, your code will assign 99 to value

[brisk mulch]

Do you know how to write an if statement?

[blazing wedge]

It's a lot to remember but is it if x > y ?

[brisk mulch]

That's not a complete statement. Let's start with this: goto you book, notes, whatever and find a complete example of an if / else statement and paste it here

Then we'll modify it to do what you want

[blazing wedge]

if sales > 50000:
  bonus = 500.0
  commission_rate = 0.12
  print('You met your sales quota!')

this is from the Python textbook

[brisk mulch]

Great. So, what does absolute value mean?

(Let's think of what the condition is)

[blazing wedge]

Is it the final number?

[brisk mulch]

absolute value is a math term. Are you not familiar with what it means?

[blazing wedge]

it's been a minute and I don't remember

[brisk mulch]

Ah. Absolute value means: if it's negative, make it positive

So, absolute value of -10 is 10

Absolute value of 10 is also 10

[blazing wedge]

would it be vice-versa or does it always make the numbers into positives

[brisk mulch]

Always positive

[blazing wedge]

ok

[brisk mulch]

They say that 'x' is a float (a number), and you need to make 'value' equal to the absolute value of x

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