Question

|-4-(-1)| what is the answer
and the steps

Answer 1

`| - 4 + 1| = | - 3| = 3`

Negative number inside of the modulus would be positive.

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Answer 2

Answer: +3

Step-by-step explanation: Before taking the absolute value of a number, always simplify what's inside the absolute value as much as possible.

So here we have -4 - (-1) inside the absolute value. Now, remember that minus a negative means the same thing as plus a positive so we can change -4 - (-1) to -4 + (+1) which is -3.

So we have the absolute value of ║-3║. Now, remember that absolute value means distance from zero on a number line so for the absolute value of -3, we know that -3 is 3 units from zero on a number line so the absolute value of -3 will simply be +3.

So the absolute value of |-4-(-1)| is +3.