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What is the value of the expression when a = -1.4 and b = -2.7? |a| + b
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What is the value of the expression when a = -1.4 and b = -2.7?
|a| + b

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"a" is an absolute value, so that means that after whatever is in the brackets is solved as far as it can be, it becomes a positive value, no matter what it is. So, |-1.4| is equal to 1.4. The equation is 1.4+ (-2.7) or 1.4 - 2.7 which equals -1.3
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