Question

|-5| – |-2| how do you do this. so you know this is high school work

Answer 1

the answer is 3

Explanation:

The lines around the numbers simply take the negative away.

so you are left with 5-2 which is 3

Answer 2

=3
The absolute value of any number is ALWAYS positive. Negatives get changed to positives.
5-2=3