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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5|-4+3| =

OpenStudy (shaik0124):

5|-1|=5*1

OpenStudy (shaik0124):

=5

OpenStudy (shaik0124):

understood??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The two lines, | |, mean that it is an absolute value. An absolute value is always going to be positive. So, like Shaik said, -4 + 3 = -1, but |-1| = 1.

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