SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? Can you tell me if the following statement is true or false? |-8| + |3| = |-8 +3| Thanks, Sher

SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? Can you tell me if the following statement is true or false? |-8| + |3| = |-8 +3| Thanks, Sher

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Question 43235: Can someone help me solve this problem?
Can you tell me if the following statement is true or false?
|-8| + |3| = |-8 +3|
Thanks,
Sher
Answer by psbhowmick(878) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|-8| + |3|
= 8 + 3
= 11

|-8 + 3|
= |-5|
= 5

Thus |-8| + |3| and |-8 + 3| are not equal.
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