Question

Simplify: -|-15| please answer correctly i'll give brainliest and 5-star rating.

Answer 1

Answer:

-15

Step-by-step explanation:

Definition of absolute value:

Distance from zero on a number line.

Imagine a number line with 0 in the middle of it. Now mark the number 3 on it. Also mark the opposite of 3, which is -3. What is the distance from zero to those 2 points? it's 3.

This is exactly like saying |3| = 3 and |-3| = 3

Even if the number inside absolute value is negative, it simplifies to the positive of the same number.

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So let's talk about your problem.

-|-15|

> the absolute value simplifies to 15

-|-15| = - 15

So that ends up being your answer.

$-15$

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