Question

How do you solve this? Would it be -3 or 3?
| -5 + 2 |

Answer 1

Solve the inside first, then take the absolute value (get rid of negatives).

Solve inside: (-5+2)=-3
Get rid of negatives: 3

Answer 2

So it 3?

Answer 3

You tell me, haha.

Answer 4

What about this one- 4 - |7 + 10|

Answer 5

-4-|7+10| ? It's a little unclear how it is written if the first negative is a negative or just a marker.

Answer 6

I don't know, I'm confused on it too.

Answer 7

Er, I mean, is that the equation they gave you?

Answer 8

Either way, it's probably way easier than you're making it out to be, haha.

Solve inside the || first: -4-|17|
Use the || to get rid of the negatives INSIDE: -4-(17) Note: Nothing changed since 17 is already positive

Now your equation is -4-17

You can solve this, yeah?