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OpenStudy (mboo):

Simplify -|-5 + 2|.

OpenStudy (liziekay):

What does absolute value mean?

OpenStudy (mboo):

Positive but what about the negative on the outside?

OpenStudy (liziekay):

Try solving the absolute value first before worrying about the negative on the outside. What's absolute value -5+2?

OpenStudy (mboo):

-3?

OpenStudy (liziekay):

Great! Now do the negative on the outside.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

NOOOOOO!

OpenStudy (liziekay):

Well if you do the absolute value, it would just be 3. And then do the negative and it would be -3.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

|dw:1471371209408:dw|

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