Algebra Examples

$| - 12 + 8 - (- 2) |$

Step 1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$| - 12 + 8 + 2 |$

Step 2

Add $- 12$ and $8$ .

$| - 4 + 2 |$

Step 3

Add $- 4$ and $2$ .

$| - 2 |$

Step 4

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 2$ and $0$ is $2$ .

$2$