Question

Simplify -|-5 + 2|.
a)-7
b)-3
c)3
d)7

Answer 1

Step 1. Simplify
`-5+2` to
`-3`


`-|-3|`

Step 2. Simplify
`|-3|` to
`3`


`-3`

Done! :)

Answer 2

- | -5 + 2 | = - 3....the reason it is -3 is because the first negative sign falls outside of the absolute value bars.

if it would have been | - (-5 + 2) | ur answer would have been 3 because the negative sign fell in ur absolute value bars.