Step-by-step explanation: first you need to pretend that the absolute value bars are parentheses. Then substitute a with any number less that five, for example z=3
Now we can write our new equation: (3-6)-(3-5) now we have to determine if the final answer inside the parentheses is positive or negative. In the first parentheses 3-6=-3 with is negative. In our second parentheses we have 3-5=-2 which is a also negative.
Knowing that both parentheses are negative results we can set up an equation using z instead of 3:
-(z-6)-(-(z-5)) is our new equation. If we simplify this equation we get 1 for an answer
