Question

Evaluate. Pay close attention to all brackets and signs.

|4| - |-5|
a. 9
c. 1
b. -9

Answer 1

The answer to this equation is 9.
4-(-5)= (when there is two negative side by side, it becomes positive)
4+5=9

Answer 2

|4| - |-5|
all the absolute numbers are always positive.
when you will open the brackets positive will remain positive and negative will change to positive so we get
4 - 5
= -1 Ans