How do you evaluate s+|r| given r=-3, s=4, t=-7?

2 Answers
Jun 3, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The variable t is not use in the expression in the problem therefore we can ignore it in this problem.

To evaluate s+|r| we need to substitute:
- 3 for each occurrence of r
- 4 for each occurrence of s

s+|r| becomes:

4+|3|2+35

Jun 3, 2018

5

Explanation:

substitute the given values into the expression

4+|3|=2+3=5

note that the absolute value always returns a positive
value