Question

Making sure i got this right :)
|6+(-14)|+|-3+(-8)| Is -19
Thx!

Answer 1

so do |6+(-14)| first
then do |-3+(-8)|
then add the 2 answers

Answer 2

8+11 =19

Answer 3

right!!! good job

Answer 4

finally lol thx its -19 right

Answer 5

no why is it not -19

Answer 6

the answer should be positive since you're adding 2 absolute values

Answer 7

|some number| + |some number| = positive + positive = positive

Answer 8

Absolute Values are always positive

Answer 9

ok...unless its outside the abs/ val. bar right?

Answer 10

yes if you have a negative number outside the abs val bars, then it could be negative

Answer 11

right so if it was mulitplied by a negative outside or subtracted to create a negative difference

Answer 12

well i got -19 the first time but than if everything inside the | | is positive than its positive correct?...sorry im trying not to get confused.

Answer 13

you are correct,

examples

|-2| = 2

|-33| = 33

|267| = 267

The absolute value of any number will be positive (unless that number is 0)

Answer 14

but the equation inside the absolute value bars are conducted normally. so for example
|3-10|=|-7|=7

Answer 15

ok guys! thanks for your help...its set in my mind that evrything inside | | is positive!

Answer 16

no think of || as a function

whatever goes in comes out positive

Answer 17

so take out all the signs inside | | and just do the equation and it will come out positive?

Answer 18

more like, evaluate everything inside the || first, then make the result positive

example

|2+4| = |6| = 6

or

|2-4| = |-2| = 2

or

|30-70| = |-40| = 40

Answer 19

ok got ya! thx!

Answer 20

yw

Answer 21

yw