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Nick is rock climbing. He climbs 30 feet up a rock wall and then climbs 22 feet down to a landing area. The number of feet Nick climbs can be represented using the expression |30| + |-22|. How many feet does Nick climb? Evaluate the expression and show all your work.

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 nick has climbed 55 feet in total.
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30-22=8 so nick climbed 8 feet up and down 3
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