Algebraic Expression

Question

Translate the phrase to an algebraic expression. The absolute value of a, decreased by 6

Answer 1

|a| -6 = the absolute value of a, decreased by 6

although it's possible the writer intended to write the absolute value of (a decreased by 6)

which would be |a-6|

but grammatically, the comma (",") suggests the 1st interpretation |a|-6

as well as mathematically applying the order of operations PEMDAS

the absolute value signs operate, in part, as parentheses, the P part of PEMDAS which comes before the S for Subtraction indicated by "decreased" by 6.