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Explain all the algebraic steps/logic that you used to solve the previous question

Simply |-18| Explain all the algebraic steps/logic that you used to solve the previous-example-1
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|-18| simplifies to 18. This is because the absolute value represents the distance a number is from zero. So to get the absolute value of any negative number, you just take out the negative sign.
Simply |-18| Explain all the algebraic steps/logic that you used to solve the previous-example-1
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