Question

How do you simplify `2 |-1/10|`?

Answer 1

`1/5`

Explanation:

We can rewrite `2abs(-1/10)` as

`2xxabs(-1/10)`

The absolute value sign always returns a positive number, and so we get:

`2xx(1/10)`

And now we can multiply like usual:

`2/10=1/5`