Algebra Examples

$10 - 3 | 9 - 3 (3 - 1) |$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.1

Subtract $1$ from $3$ .

$10 - 3 | 9 - 3 \cdot 2 |$

Step 1.1.2

Multiply $- 3$ by $2$ .

$10 - 3 | 9 - 6 |$

Step 1.2

Subtract $6$ from $9$ .

$10 - 3 | 3 |$

Step 1.3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $3$ is $3$ .

$10 - 3 \cdot 3$

Step 1.4

Multiply $- 3$ by $3$ .

$10 - 9$

Step 2

Subtract $9$ from $10$ .

$1$