Question

What does |-2 + (-1)| equal too

Answer 1

`|-2 + (-1)|`

Well, first, we must subtract-2 by 1, as the negative sign next to 1 is inside the parentheses.

`|-2 -1|`

`|-3|`

Now remember, since it is an absolute value, meaning the distance from that number to zero, we will now disregard the negative sign and get our answer: 3