True. The absolute value produces a positive value, but then when you negate that value, it would always be negative. What's important is we're not taking the negative of the number being absolute valued itself, but rather we're taking a negative of the result.
Combine the fractions by finding a common denominator.<span><span><span><span> 7x</span>+2 </span><span><span>-------------- (<span>x+5</span>)</span><span>(<span>x<span>−6</span></span>)</span></span></span></span>
