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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the value of the expression |-5x + 12 | when x =5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

replace \(x\) by 5 and see what you get \(|-5\times 5+12|\) is a start

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I got 37. But apparently the answer is 13. Idk where I went wrong. Isn't absolute value suppose to cancel out the negative sign?

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