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Simplify.
|-17|


|-17|=? (Simplify your answer.)

User Kjell
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Answer:

The answer is 17

Explanation:

-17 is 17 steps away from 0, so |-17| = 17...

User Denis Mikhaylov
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Answer:

17

Explanation:

The absolute value of a number, negative or positive, always makes the number positive.

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