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# | - 3| = - m

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| - 3| = - m [#permalink]  16 Mar 2018, 12:47
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$$| - 3| = - m$$

 Quantity A Quantity B $$m$$ $$3$$

A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: | - 3| = - m [#permalink]  20 Mar 2018, 23:34
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Take the absolute value of $$-3 = 3$$
$$-m = 3$$; hence $$m = -3$$
option B
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Re: | - 3| = - m [#permalink]  21 Mar 2018, 11:15
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Carcass wrote:
$$|-3| = - m$$

 Quantity A Quantity B $$m$$ $$3$$

A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Given: |-3| = -m
Multiply both sides by -1 to get: -|-3| = m
So, |-3| = 3, so -|-3| = -3
This means m = -3

So, we have:
Quantity A: -3
Quantity B: 3

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Re: | - 3| = - m [#permalink]  21 Mar 2018, 11:42
|-3| = -m
-m should be a positive value. The output of |-3| is 3. 3 = -m. m is -3
B is bigger than A

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Re: | - 3| = - m   [#permalink] 21 Mar 2018, 11:42
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