SOLUTION: Rewrite the expression without absolute value bars. ll-1l-l-8ll l= absolute value bars

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Question 245850: Rewrite the expression without absolute value bars.


ll-1l-l-8ll

l= absolute value bars
Found 3 solutions by dabanfield, jsmallt9, College Student:
Answer by dabanfield(803) About Me  (Show Source):
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||-11-1-8|| = ||-20|| = |20| = 20

Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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The vertical bars not only indicate absolute value but they also function as grouping symbols (like parentheses). So just like with parentheses we simplify from the inside out:
abs%28abs%28-1%29+-+abs%28-8%29%29
Since abs%28-1%29+=+1 and abs%28-8%29+=+8 this simplifies to:
abs%281+-+8%29
and 1 -8 = -7:
abs%28-7%29
which equals
7

Answer by College Student(505) About Me  (Show Source):
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I can't tell when you are using 1 as an absolute value and when you're using it as a number.
So, I would say to first replace the absolute value symbol |x| for parenthesis and let the inside figure be a positive number.
Then express them without the parenthesis.
Remember to preserve negative signs that are between two sets of absolute values because those do not change to positive.
Notice I said "between two sets", not "within a set". Some examples:
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|-x|-|-x| would equal to (x)-(x) and equal to x-x.
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|x|-|x| would also equal to (x)-(x) and x-x.
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|x|+|-x| would equalt to (x)+(x) and x+x.
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|-x|+|x| would equalt to (x)+(x) and x+x.
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PS. Next time please use shift + the third key to the right of letter "P" on your keyboard when expressing absolute values.