SOLUTION: Order the numbers from least to greatest: |-2|, 3, |-5|, -2, 4

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Question 727680: Order the numbers from least to greatest:
|-2|, 3, |-5|, -2, 4

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|-2| = 2
|-5| = 5

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The list

|-2|, 3, |-5|, -2, 4

turns into

2, 3, 5, -2, 4

which sorts (from least to greatest) to this final answer

-2,2,3,4,5

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