document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1048244>Question 1048244</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a=-2, c=2, y=3, and z=-4.2  Please evaluate the following expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-|5a+c| + |3y +2z| </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #663835 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=663835\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -|5a+c| + |3y +2z|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-|-10+2|+|9-8.4|<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8+0.6=-7.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is occurring in the absolute value brackets must be calculated, then made positive if negative.  The minus sign on the outside is not distributed over the brackets but makes what was in them negative. </SPAN>\n" );
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