SOLUTION: Simplify. | 3 - 6 |

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Question 148480: Simplify.
| 3 - 6 |

Answer by mangopeeler07(462) About Me  (Show Source):
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| 3 - 6 |

First do 3-6. You get -3:

| -3 |

The absolute value is always positive, so make -3 positive

| -3 |=3

*When doing absolute value problems the order in which you subtract doesn't matter. So

| 3 - 6 | = | 6 - 3 |