Question

Evaluate each expression |-16| -|-1|

Answer 1

Understanding the Absolute Value.

First, know what the absolute value is.

The absolute value is the value that determines how far the value is from 0.

For example, The absolute value of -5 is far from 0 5 units. Therefore the absolute value of -5 equals 5.

Basic Absolute Value Defines

| a | = a

- | a | = -a

| - a | = a

Back to the question. To evaluate those expressions, we use the defines of absolute value.

|-16| = 16

|-1| = 1

16-(1)

Then remove the brackets. 16 - 1 = 15

Therefore, the answer is 15.

The answer above is when being subtracted and evaluated from both 16-1

Evaluating for each expressions would be

|-16| = 16

-|-1| = -1