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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Simplify the expression? -|4-12| Help

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

You need to do what is in the absolute value bars first \[\large -|4 - 12| = -|-8|\] We know the absolute value of -8 is 8 so we have \[\large -(8)\] which simplifies to \(\large -8\)

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