Question

What does |-2 + (-1)| equal too

Answer 1

$|-2 + (-1)|$

Well, first, we must subtract-2 by 1, as the negative sign next to 1 is inside the parentheses.

$|-2 -1|$

$|-3|$

Now remember, since it is an absolute value, meaning the distance from that number to zero, we will now disregard the negative sign and get our answer: 3