Calculate |5 - 7|: Solving an Absolute Value Expression

$|5 - 7| =$

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$|5 - 7| =$

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Step 1: Calculate $5 - 7$ .
$5 - 7 = -2$

Step 2: The result from Step 1, $-2$ , is negative.

Step 3: Apply the absolute value definition. Since the result is negative, we take the opposite of $-2$ :
$|-2| = 2$

Therefore, the solution to the problem is $2$ .

$2$

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