Basic Math Examples

$| - 4.5 | | \frac{11}{2} |$

Step 1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 4.5$ and $0$ is $4.5$ .

$4.5 | \frac{11}{2} |$

Step 2

$\frac{11}{2}$ is approximately $5.5$ which is positive so remove the absolute value

$4.5 (\frac{11}{2})$

Step 3

Multiply $4.5 (\frac{11}{2})$ .

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Step 3.1

Combine $4.5$ and $\frac{11}{2}$ .

$\frac{4.5 \cdot 11}{2}$

Step 3.2

Multiply $4.5$ by $11$ .

$\frac{49.5}{2}$

Step 4

Divide $49.5$ by $2$ .

$24.75$