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Simplify. |-18-16|-|-8+(-21)| show work.

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18+16 - 8+21
34 - 29 = 5
User Armando Cordova
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If you would like to simplify |-18-16| - |-8+(-21)|, you can calculate this using the following steps:

|-18-16| - |-8+(-21)| = |-34| - |-29| = 34 - 29 = 5

The correct result would be 5.
User Kaloyan Dimitrov
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