|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= ?

Question

|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= ??

A. –100 
B. –60 
C. 60 
D. 75 
E. 100

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BrentGMATPrepNow · Accepted Answer

|-4| ( |-20|  -  |5| ) =  4 ( 20  -  5 )
=  4 (15)
= 60

Answer:  C

fameatop · Answer

Ab you are not making any mistake. Your answer is correct
|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= 4 (20-5) = 60

jchae90 · Answer

|-4| (|-20|-|5|) = ?

A. -100
B. -60
C. 60
D. 75
E. 100

C

IanStewart · Answer

Absolute value will turn negatives into their positive 'equivalents', and will leave positives unchanged, so |-4| = 4, |-20| = 20, and |5| = 5. Getting rid of our absolute values we have:

|-4| (|-20|-|5|) = (4) (20 - 5) = 4*15 = 60

Bunuel · Answer

Merging topics. Please refer to the discussion above.

AkshdeepS · Answer

Numbers inside the modulus become positive

|-4| (|-20|-|5|) = (4) * (20 -5) = 60

(C)

devikeerthansr · Answer

|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= 4 (20-5) = 60 
C it is

rxb266 · Answer

|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= ??

-> 4 (20-5) 
-> 4 (15) 
-> 60 (Option C)

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ManifestDreamMBA · Answer

|-4|(|-20| - |5|)  
 = 4(20 - 5)
= 4(15)
= 60

|-4| (|-20|-|5|)= ?

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