Answer
|-12|+|45|=|12|+|45|= 12+45=57
Step-by-step explanation:
When you take the absolute value of a negative number it is the same thing as taking as a positive number. The absolute value is just that number. Once you teach the absolute value of each number perform the operation given In the problem.
Step-by-step explanation:





First find the rate of growth
45000=18000(1+r)^(2010-2005)
Solve for r
r=((45,000÷18,000)^(1÷5)−1)×100
R=20%
Use it to find the population in 2015
P=45000(1+0.20)^(2015-2010)
P==111,974.4