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OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
someone please help me .-.
Evaluate 6 - 2(-1) + | -5 | =
1
9
13
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OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
@Goose. i think it's 13. but not 100% sure .-.
Nnesha (nnesha):
i just want to ask one question \[\left| -5 \right| = ?\]
OpenStudy (alesia/bailey):
I got 13 :P
OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
5. because when you see || it means the absolute Value of the number in between those lines. @Nnesha
OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
and that's exactly what i got as well @alesia/bailey
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Nnesha (nnesha):
yes and you will get positive number always!!
good job!
OpenStudy (goose.):
May I ask how you got 13? I got 9...
OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
6-2(-1)+|-5|= 6-2(-1)+5
OpenStudy (goose.):
Oh wait, never mind I see what I did, haha.
OpenStudy (blackfireskull):
lmao wooooow Goose XD
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OpenStudy (goose.):
After distributing the -2 I forgot to drop my '-' sign.
Nnesha (nnesha):
and remember the PEMDAS rule
multiply /divide first
and then subtract /add
OpenStudy (goose.):
Multiplication or Division in the order of which it appears, Addition or Subtraction order of which it appears.
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