Question

What is the value of the following expression?: `17 + 3*|4-8|-2`

Answer 1

The value of this expression is `27`

Explanation:

`17+3*|4-8|-2=17+3*|-4|-2=17+3*4-2=17+12-2=29-2=27`

The calculations begins with `4-8`. This expression is in absolute value signs, which work like brackets. Expressions in absolute value must be calculated first.

The next step is to calculate the absolute value: if the expression is positive the value is unchanged, if the expression is negative, then the absolute value is an opposite number.

Next step is calculating of multiplication `3*4`

Final step is calculating sum `17+12`, and next the substraction `29-2`.

The final answer is `27`