SOLUTION: what does this mean again? |3| and if it is -|6| when do you change the sign that is in front?
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Question 22495: what does this mean again? |3| and if it is -|6| when do you change the sign that is in front?
Answer by queenofit(120) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
these are absolute value signs. Never change a neg sign when it is outside the absolute value sign...it only changes when on the inside.
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