SOLUTION: What is the difference between the negative of an absolute number and the absolute value of a negative number, for example, -|5| and |-5|? Thanks

SOLUTION: What is the difference between the negative of an absolute number and the absolute value of a negative number, for example, -|5| and |-5|? Thanks

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Question 485678: What is the difference between the negative of an absolute number and the absolute value of a negative number, for example, -|5| and |-5|? Thanks
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference is the order of which operation is applied. To evaluate -|5| take the absolute value of 5, then negative, so it is -5. For |-5| it is simply the absolute value of -5, which is 5.
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