The answer is -3, because the negative sign is outside of the absolute value. If the problem looked like this |-3|, then the answer would be 3. To clarify, your answer is -3.
734: 730 and 700.
102: 100 and 100.
483: 480 and 500.
There you go! ^w^
C = total cents
C = 30 + n
I think that's it. Hope it helps you.