How do you simplify $- | - 1 |$ $-|-1|$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-10-26T10:57:01

Since the absolute value erases the negative sign,

$- | - 1 | = - 1$ $-|-1|=-1$ .

(Note: the first negative sign remains since it is outside the absolute value sign.)

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