Description: A negative number is the negative of its own absolute value. (Contributed by NM, 2-Aug-1999)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypothesis | sqrtthi.1 | ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℝ | |
| Assertion | absnidi | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ≤ 0 → ( abs ‘ 𝐴 ) = - 𝐴 ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sqrtthi.1 | ⊢ 𝐴 ∈ ℝ | |
| 2 | absnid | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℝ ∧ 𝐴 ≤ 0 ) → ( abs ‘ 𝐴 ) = - 𝐴 ) | |
| 3 | 1 2 | mpan | ⊢ ( 𝐴 ≤ 0 → ( abs ‘ 𝐴 ) = - 𝐴 ) |