Simplifying Expressions with Absolute Value

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

Evaluate if a = -1, b = -8, and c = -5

• -50
• 50
• 0
• 1

Evaluate if a = -1, b = -8, and c = -5

• 40
• -40
• 38
• -38

Evaluate the expression:

|–3|

• –3

• 3

• 0

• None of these

Evaluate the expression:

|5 – 9|

• –14

• –4

• 4

• 14

Evaluate the expression:

|-15| – |10|

• –25

• –5

• 5

• 25

Evaluate the expression:

6 – |–5|

• 11

• 1

• –1

• –11

Evaluate the expression for n = 7

–|n – 9|

• –16

• –2

• 2

• 16

Evaluate the expression:

5|–1 + 4|

• 25

• 15

• –15

• –25

Evaluate the expression:

–|7 – 8|

• 15

• 1

• –1

• –15