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What is the value of the linear absolute value expression |-15| - |8 - 14|?

 Dec 7, 2015
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What is the value of the linear absolute value expression |-15| - |8 - 14|?

 

Simplify the following:
abs(-15)-abs(8-14)

8-14 = -6:
abs(-15)-abs(-6)

Since -6<=0, then abs(-6) = 6:
abs(-15)-6

Since -15<=0, then abs(-15) = 15:
15-6

15-6 = 9:
Answer: |  =9
 

 Dec 7, 2015

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