How do you solve # | - 9| + ( - 14)#?

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Serena D.
Mar 13, 2018

#-5#

Explanation:

The absolute value is the distance of a number from zero (thus, any positive number's absolute value is the number itself, and any negative number's is its opposite).

#|\-9| rarr# The absolute value of -9 would be 9

Adding a negative is the same as subtracting the opposite of the negative:

#9-14=-5#

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