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Can someone please Simplify -|-5 + 2|

Can someone please Simplify -|-5 + 2|
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Can someone please Simplify -|-5 + 2|

User Imrok
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The answer is -3. The two bars make the answer to -5 + 2 positive. (It was -3, but the absolute value is 3). However, the negative sign is then “multiplied” to the 3 as an imaginary -1 which gives you the answer of -3.
User Eldhopj
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Answer:

_|_5+2|

=_|_3|

=_3

is answer.

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