Question

How do you evaluate `|7+ - 2+ 5+ - 8|`?

Answer 1

2

Explanation:

`|7+ -2+5+ -8|`
do addition/subtraction in order (remember, adding a negative value means subtracting its positive form)
`|5+ -3|=|2|`
`|2|=2`

(Absolute value of any number gets you a positive result, since absolute value is the distance of the value digit from 0 on a number line. Distance is always positive.)

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