Evaluate -8 x |2|.
A.-16
B.-10
C.16
D.10

Step-by-step explanation:

|| represents the absolute value function:

|x| = x when x >= 0,

|x| = -x when x < 0.

Therefore (-8) * |2| = (-8) * 2 = -16. (A)

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.