How do you evaluate the function $f(x) = |x|+6$ for $f(-2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-05T23:40:02

$8$

Since we are being asked to evaluate $f(-2)$ , everywhere we see an $x$ , we replace it with a $-2$ . We now have

$|-2|+6$

NOTE: Absolute Value makes any number positive, so we essentially have

$2+6$

which is obviously

$8$

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How do you evaluate the function f(x) = |x|+6f(x) = |x|+6 for f(-2)f(-2)?