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Evaluate |x + y|, for x = 8 and y = -15.

7

-7

23

-23

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the answer is 7 hope this helps you

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User Mikola
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So first, we want to substitute all variables in.

|8 + -15|

Or,

|-7|

And the bars around it mean absolute value, or how far away it is from 0. In this case, it would be 7.

So your solution is 7.
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