Can someone explain how to get the answer for -|-2|?

Question

Please... I really need to know what the | means and how to solve?

thankyou all

Answer 1

Think of the absolute value is a parenthesis. Always do inside a parenthesis before applying what occurs outside of it.

So, do the absolute value of -2: |-2| = 2

Then, apply the negative in front of it. 2 becomes -2.

Answer: -2

Answer 2

Any time the || are around a number, that means Absolute Value. That is defined as the distance from zero, which will always yield a positive number since you can't have a negative distance. How far is -2 away from 0? Exactly 2 units. Therefore |-2| = 2 and due to order of operations since there is a negative outside the absolute value, you would calculate that last.
-|-2| = -(2) = -2

Answer 3

the two lines are the absolute value of negative 2 so that is 2 so the negative in front means negative 2 so -2 is the answer

Answer 4

the | | means absolute value.
-|2| the absolute value of -2 is 2 but there's a negative in front -|-2| = -2

Answer 5

the double bar between -2 means absolute value.. finding the absolute value of a number is simply taking the quantity itself..FOr example the abosule value of -3 is 3. in your question the answer is -2

Answer 6

The | | means absolute value. If you place a negative value insiethe absolute, it will become positive & there is a - sign outside so it's a -.

Answer 7

The I I are absolute value bars. They mean to make the value inside them positive.

Answer 8

| - 2 | = 2
thus
- | - 2 | = - 2

Answer 9

|#| means absolute value of a number.
|-2| = 2
|2| = 2

As you can see, Absolute Value is nothing more than the magnitude of any number, and note that 'magnitude' is always a positive number.

If you have -|-2|, then:
-|-2| = -(2) = -2