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Can someone please help me with Evaluate |5| - |-5|.

User Alinpopescu
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Answer:

|5| = 5

|-5| = 5

5-5

5

Explanation:

User Unconnected
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Answer:

|5| - |-5| = 0

Explanation:

Because -5 is in absolute value (| |) it will be changed to positive 5, and since 5 is already positive, it stays the same.

so, this make the equation 5-5 equaling 0

Hope this helps! ;)

User Ignas Damunskis
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