How do you simplify $| - 77 |$ $abs(-77)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-23T15:42:52

$77$ $77$

Absolute value is simply defined as the distance a number is from $0$ $0$ .

For Example:
$| - 3 | = 3$ $abs(-3)=3$
$| 3 | = 3$ $abs(3)=3$
Therefore $| - 3 | = | 3 |$ $abs(-3)=abs(3)$

Now, "How do you simplify $| - 77 |$ $abs(-77)$ ?"
$| - 77 | = 77$ $abs(-77)=77$
This is because $- 77$ $-77$ is $77$ $77$ units away from $0$ $0$

How do you simplify |−77|abs(-77)?