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The expression has an absolute value and a negative sign outside of the absolute value. When you take the absolute value of , it results in , which is assuming is a real number. The negative sign outside the absolute value inverts it back to . Thus, the correct interpretation of the original expression is .
Determine the absolute value of the following number:
\( \left|18\right|= \)
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