ok mine works but didnt use abs not sure why -a would achieve anything?

public class Solution {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        displayClosestToTen(8, 11);
        displayClosestToTen(7, 14);
    }

    public static void displayClosestToTen(int a, int b) {
        // write your code here

            if(abs(a) <= abs1(b))
            {
                System.out.println(a);
            } else
                System.out.println(b);

    }

    public static int abs(int a)
    {
        if (a < 0) {
            return -a;
        } else {
            return a;
        }
    }

    public static int abs1(int b)
    {
        if (b < 0){
            return -b;
        } else {
            return b;
        }
    }
}