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Given:
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\n" ); document.write( " |8-7+2-4| - |3-6+2|
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\n" ); document.write( "To simplify, first add up the terms inside each of the sets of absolute signs. In the first
\n" ); document.write( "set add 8 - 7 + 2 - 4. 8 - 7 results in +1. Then add that +1 + 2 and you get +3. Finally
\n" ); document.write( "add -4 and the final answer is -1. Put that result into the first set of absolute value signs
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\n" ); document.write( "|-1| - |3 - 6 + 2|
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\n" ); document.write( "Now add up the terms inside the second set of absolute value signs. 3 minus 6 plus 2 adds
\n" ); document.write( "to -1. Place that in the second set of parentheses to reduce the problem to:
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\n" ); document.write( "|-1| - |-1|
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\n" ); document.write( "Next you remove the absolute value signs. When you do, the number between the set of
\n" ); document.write( "absolute value signs becomes positive, regardless of the sign it had inside the absolute value
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\n" ); document.write( "+1 - (+1) = +1 - 1 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "The answer to this problem is zero.
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand absolute value signs a little better.
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