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What is the value of | - 61 - 161 - (- 6)?

What is the value of | - 61 - 161 - (- 6)?-example-1
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The answer is 6

Step one: Simplify the expressions inside the absolute value bars
|-6|-|6|-(-6)=|-6|-|6|-(-6)
|-6|-|6|-(-6)=|-6|-|6|-(-6)

Step two: take the absolute value of the resulting number
|-6|-|6|-(-6)=6-|6|-(-6)
6-|6|-(-6)=6-6-(-6)

Step three: simplify the numeric expression
6-6-(-6)=6
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