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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which list of values is ordered from least to greatest? A. |–5|, 0, 3, –|–4| B. –7, –|–3|, 0, |–4| C. –|6|, |–3|, 1, 4 D. |–12|, –|–5|, 2, |–8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@gamer83

myininaya (myininaya):

what is |-5|=?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5

myininaya (myininaya):

|a| is asking you how far is a from 0 and |a| will result in a 0 number of positive number so |-5|=?

myininaya (myininaya):

yes but in A we have 5,0,..blah 5 is not smaller than 0 so we know choice A isn't the right choice

myininaya (myininaya):

what about B

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

myininaya (myininaya):

and you know that because -7<-3<0<4 right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup

myininaya (myininaya):

ok sounds good to me

myininaya (myininaya):

well C doesn't work because you have -6,3,1,4

myininaya (myininaya):

3 isn't less than 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry, got the order you were putting them in messed up

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