Describe and correct the error : |-13| - |13| = -13 - 13 = 26

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Serhat Sezer · Answer 1 · 2018-11-11T14:57:45+0000

First,
|-13| represents the absolute value of the number 13. Absolute values cannot be negative. So |-13| cannot become -13, it would become 13.

So,
|-13| - |13| = -13 - 13 = 26 would become
|-13| - |13| = 13 - 13 = 0

Describe and correct the error : |-13| - |13| = -13 - 13 = 26

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