Question

How to evaluate the following:

Answer 1

|-4|+7
and
|-4+7|

Answer 2

@extrinix can you help me?

Answer 3

The brackets around the -4 indicate that you need to take the absolute value of -4. The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

So, \(|-4|\) means "the absolute value of -4," which is 4, because 4 units away from zero is the same distance as -4 units away.

Answer 4

So 4+7=11

so does that mean |-4+7| = -3?

Answer 5

First one is correct.

What is 7-4? When adding with a higher number and a negative, the negative would be ruled out making it?

Answer 6

Ohh. Thanks! So it's 3?