Calculate -|-8|

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Question: work out −|−8|.

−|−8|

The minus in front of the bars is outside them.

It stays.

| | = how far from 0

−| |: the minus stays

The bars mean: how far from 0?

That is never negative.

So |−8| is 8.

With the minus in front, that is −8.

= −8

So the answer is −8.

Answer

= −8

Try this one yourself, then check:

Work out −|−13|

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−13