Evaluate: |5 - 8(3 - 12)| - |5 - 11| = ?	Answers.
A) 40 B) 50 C) 60 D) 71 E) 80
According to order of operations, inner brackets first. Hence   |5 - 8(3 - 12)| - |5 - 11| = |5 - 8*(-9)| - |5 - 11|   According to order of operations, multiplication within absolute value signs (which may be considered as brackets when it comes to order of operations) next. Hence   = |5 + 72| - |5 - 11|   = |77| - |-6|   = 77 - 6= 
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<output>71</output>
71   correct answer 71)71
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Evaluate: |5 - 8(3 - 12)| - |5 - 11| = ?