How do you simplify $3|-3-(-1)| + 3(-1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-12T01:41:48

The absolute value of a number ( $|x|$ ) is the exclusively positive distance between the number and 0.

$= 3|-2| - 3$

$=3(2) - 3$

$= 3$

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