Prove that $| |a|-|b| | \le |a-b|$

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Prove that $| |a|-|b| | \le |a-b|$

(1) I square both sides since I know they are positive: $$a^2-2|ab|+b^2 \le a^2-2ab+b^2$$ $$|ab| \ge ab$$ Let $m=ab$ $$|m| \ge m$$ Which is part of the definition of the absolute value.
Is it enough or I need to rewrite my proof?

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It follows from the inequalities $$|a|=|a-b+b|\le |a-b|+|b|\implies |a|-|b|\le |a-b|.$$ Because of symmetry it is

$$|b|-|a|\le |a-b|.$$ Thus you are done.