A) –32
B) –4
C) 4
D) 32
Please explain he answer.
2007-09-10 02:39:57 · 9 answers · asked by ray 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
|-18| - |14|
= |18-14|
= 4
C. 4
| | means no negative values
all answers r in positive value
2007-09-10 02:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
C) 18-14=4
2007-09-10 11:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by Tuncay U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absolute value of -18 is 18 and the absolute value of 14 is 14, so it is really only 18-14 which is 4.
2007-09-10 09:49:46 · answer #3 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C because |-18| is really the absolute value of 18 and 18 - 14 is 4.
2007-09-10 09:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by skrdude8389 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
=18 - 14 (absolute value of -18 is 18 and absolute value of 14 is 14. 18 - 14 = 4.)
=4
ANS: C.
2007-09-10 09:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Blaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is c)4.
absolute value function (denoted by |x|) makes all negative numbers positive, and leaves all positive numbers unchanged.
so |-18|=18 and |14|=14.
2007-09-10 09:46:49 · answer #6 · answered by vjerana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
! ! means absolute value
- 18 - ( +14 ) = -4
2007-09-10 09:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by rugm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any number inside the || absolute value signs becomes positive... so |+18| - |14| = 4
2007-09-10 09:51:22 · answer #8 · answered by scooter321x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
= 18 - 14 = 4
OPTION C)
2007-09-10 14:42:50 · answer #9 · answered by Como 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋