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-12| - |8| =

Group of answer choices

A) -4

B) 4

C) -20

D) 20

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Answer:
4

Finding the absolute value of a number is just like finding the opposite of a word.

The absolute value of -12 is 12.

The absolute value of 8 is 8. The reason why is because it's already a positive number and cannot be changed to a negative number.

So now we'll subtract 12-8 which equals 4.

So the answer to this problem is 4.

Example of absolute value

|-3|=3

|-14|=14

|20|=20

|33|=33

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