SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation : -1 - |-2(2)|

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Question 739382: Please help me solve this equation : -1 - |-2(2)|
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) About Me  (Show Source):
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-1 - |-2(2)|
is the same as...


%0D%0A-1-abs%28-4%29=-1-4=-5%0D%0A
Notice that the absolute value "strips off" negative signs, but the result is still subtracted from -1

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