What is the value of the expression |x| + |y + z| when x = –7, y = 8, and z = –11?

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logan13 · Answer

@inowalst

inowalst · Answer

Plug in the values.

ankit042 · Answer

substitute value in the equation first

inowalst · Answer

Basically 7+8+11. What is that?

logan13 · Answer

24

anonymous · Answer

One question. Aren't you supposed to find the absolute value after you solve the question in between the lines?

inowalst · Answer

Exactly. Absolute value makes negative numbers positive.

anonymous · Answer

But doesn't it matter if you bake it positive before or after you solve it?

logan13 · Answer

-24

inowalst · Answer

Not getting you.
If you have negative numbers, like two of the numbers we were given, by finding their absolute value, you make them positive. And even if they're already positive, they stay that way.

inowalst · Answer

@logan13 7+8=15+11=? Not 24.

logan13 · Answer

ohhhh i read it wrong 26

anonymous · Answer

No I meant that is there an order to if you have to solve it first, then make it absolute value? for example |8+-11| = |-3| = |3|

inowalst · Answer

You can do that, or just turn them positive. Which basically gives you the same answer.

logan13 · Answer

sooooo 26

inowalst · Answer

Yes.