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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do I simplify: |-88| - |45|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first add the both

OpenStudy (anonymous):

88 + 45

OpenStudy (anonymous):

133

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah then put a - sign

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is - 135 because you are adding two negative numbers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so you need -

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh. I understand now. Thank you

OpenStudy (accessdenied):

You would first simplify the absolute values of -88 and 45. |-88| = 88 |45| = 45 So we have: 88 - 45. Then do the subtraction step.

geerky42 (geerky42):

@RissaHowel @sumanta is not correct. Listen to @AccessDenied .

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