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OpenStudy (help_summer_school):

Given a = -3, b = 4 and c = -5, evaluate -|a - b| + c. please help

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

Are you given any answer choices?

OpenStudy (help_summer_school):

i am not

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

Alright then. So what do you think you need to do first?

OpenStudy (help_summer_school):

i know i have to plug in the numbers but idk what those two lines represent

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

Do you know what they're called at least?

OpenStudy (help_summer_school):

not a clue

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

It means absolute value.

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

So basically absolute value means -|-2-4| would be -6

OpenStudy (chrishogan):

So if the expression is -|-3-4| what do you think this would equal?

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