/-23/+/50/

Question

This problem is too hard to answer for the final please help

 

Answer 1

If the question is regarding the absolute value of negative 23, plus the absolute value of 50, then it might be written like this:

 

|-23| + |50|

 

Which would be 23 + 50 = 73

Answer 2

Jack,

 

Are you dealing here with "absolute values"? Or are you dealing with another math operation? If you are dealing with absolute value:

 

|-23| + |50| is the same as asking what is the "absolute value of negative 23" plus "the absolute value of 50."

 

The absolute vale of |-23| is equal to 23.  This is because the absolute value of any number is its "distance" (in numerical units) from the whole number "0".

 

An absolute value of any number can never result in a negative value.

 

The absolute value of |50| is equal to 50.  Again, because it is 50 units away from "0" (zero).

 

Thus |-23| + |50| is the same as saying,

 

23 + 50 = 73.

 

73 is the answer.