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Evaluate each expression. Show all your work.
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document.write( "1.  Complete all operations, if any, between the absolute values\r\n" );
document.write( "2.  (a)  If the number between the absolute value bars is positive, merely\r\n" );
document.write( "    take away the absolute value bars.\r\n" );
document.write( "    (b)  If the number between the absolute value bars is negative, change\r\n" );
document.write( "    the sign to positive and take away the absolute value bars\r\n" );
document.write( "3.  Do the remaining operations, if any. \r\n" );
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document.write( "|3+8| = |11| = 11\r\n" );
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document.write( "|3-8| = |-5| = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "|-3+8| = |5|\r\n" );
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document.write( "|3| + |8| = 3 + 8 = 11\r\n" );
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document.write( "|-3| + |8| = 3 + 8 = 11\r\n" );
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document.write( "|3| - |8| = 3 - 8 = -5\r\n" );
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