When your teacher asked for a number absolute value, she’s asking for

how far the number is from zero

Step-by-step explanation: the absolute value is the numbers position away from zero.

She is asking for the opposite for a number

Step-by-step explanation:

All the events in the sample space that are not are the part of the specified event are All called the complement of the event.

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose tossing a coin, the sample space here is {H,T}.

Now, if  the event is getting a head ,

so here T is not the part of the sample space and is called as complement of the event.

Therefore, all the events in the sample space that are not are the part of the specified event are All called the complement of the event.