How do you evaluate abs(-4)timesabs(-12)/3times-abs3/abs6|4|×|12|3×|3||6|?

1 Answer
Nov 27, 2016

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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