Question

Evaluate. Pay close attention to all brackets and signs.
|4| - |-5|
A.
9
B.
1
C.
-9
D.
-1
Please Help

Answer 1

Do yo know what |-5| means?

Answer 2

no that's the problem

Answer 3

In this case, it's no longer the ceiling or floor functions. Here you have plain old good "absolute value."

Answer 4

ok so the absolute value of 4 minus the absolute value of -5

Answer 5

Think of the absolute value as the distance a number is from zero on the number line. A distance is positive or zero, but not negative.
For example,
3 is 3 units from zero, so |3| = 3
-3 is also 3 units from zero, so |-3| = 3.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

Thanks!

Answer 8

You're welcome.