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OpenStudy (anonymous):

MEDAL + FAN FOR RIGHT ANSWER Evaluate: |2.8 - k| + 3.4 if k = 8.1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is substitution. So absolute value signs turn everything inside positive. So 2.8-8.1 = -5.3 but with absolute value is it 5.3 (because it needs to be positibe) Now do the outside, 5.3+3.4 = 8.7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wow u made it so easy thank you so mych

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

Wait, do you know how it should be positive?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes thos line mean u make everything into positive

OpenStudy (anonymous):

haha no problem, glad to help, but it is positive because if you plug it in on a graphing calculator, you will see why.

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

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