She says the absolute value of -5 is 5 why is this statement correct

1. the following set of data represents the number of waiting times in minutes from a random sample of 30 customers waiting for service at a department store. 4 5 7 10 11 11 12 12 13 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 18 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 27 27 31 31 32 a. determine the number of classes and class interval.

Strawberries cause two hours per pound kate buys 5 pounds he gets 20% off discount on the total cost how much does kate pay for the strawberries

Express in the simplest form: (x^2+9x+14/x^2-49) / (3x+6/x^2+x-56)