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Evaluate | x + y |, for x = 8 and y = -15.

7
-7
23
-23

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7 is the answer to I x+y I
User Atina
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| x + y | when x = 8 and y = -15

| 8 + (-15) | =
| 8 - 15 | =
| - 7 | =
7 <==

the absolute value of any number is positive...even if it says negative
User Braden Holt
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