Answer
3.
Work Step by Step
For this problem, we always must do the addition and subtraction within the absolute value brackets first, and then use the definition of absolute value to break down the brackets.
|2 + (-5)|
|-3|
3
College Algebra (6th Edition)
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13:
978-0-32178-228-1
Chapter P - Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts of Algebra - Exercise Set P.1 - Page 17: 61
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