For any real number x, the absolute value of x, written |x|, is defined to be x if x>0 and −x if x≤0. What are |3|, |−4.3| and |0|?
Let x and y be real numbers. Prove that x≤|x| and 0≤|x|. Then prove that the following inequality holds |x+y|≤|x|+|y|.