Question

Simplify -|-5 + 2|.
a)-7
b)-3
c)3
d)7

Answer 1

- | -5 + 2 | = - 3....the reason it is -3 is because the first negative sign falls outside of the absolute value bars.

if it would have been | - (-5 + 2) | ur answer would have been 3 because the negative sign fell in ur absolute value bars.

Answer 2

Step 1. Simplify $-5+2$ to $-3$

$-|-3|$

Step 2. Simplify $|-3|$ to $3$

$-3$

Done! :)