Big Ideas Math Geometry, 2014
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Exercise 6 Page 1

Absolute value will always be non-negative. Start by calculating the expression inside the absolute value.

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The absolute value of a number is the non-negative value of that number. |a| = a and |- a| = a We can start by calculating the expression inside the absolute value.
|5-(- 1)|
|5+1|
|6|
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