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Question 485249: i didnt understand a question i saw in my math class..
|-|-5||
it was something like that .. and it confused me alot.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|-|-5|| 
Work it from the inside out:

    5    <-- that's positive five.    
   -5    <-- that - sign in front makes it negative five.
  |-5|   <-- those absolute value bars make it positive five.
 -|-5|   <-- that - sign in front makes it negative five.
|-|-5||  <-- those absolute value bars make it positive five.

Answer: 5
   
Edwin