How do you evaluate abs(-4)timesabs(-12)/3times-abs3/abs6|−4|×|−12|3×−|3||6|?
1 Answer
Nov 27, 2016
Explanation:
The
color(blue)"absolute value function"absolute value function is always positive.The reason being that it denotes the distance a value is from zero and distance is always positive.
" Thus" |-4|=|4|=4 Thus|−4|=|4|=4 as 4 and - 4 are both 4 units from zero.
rArr|-4|xx|-12|/3xx-|3|/|6|" can be expressed as"⇒|−4|×|−12|3×−|3||6| can be expressed as
4xx12/3xx-3/64×123×−36
=4xx4xx-1/2=cancel(16)^8xx-1/cancel(2)^1=-8