Question

Evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable
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Answer 1

Answer:

-11

Step-by-step explanation:

| -4b-8| + |-1-b^2| +2b^3   where b = -2

| -4(-2)-8| + |-1-(-2)^2| +2(-2)^3

Exponents first

| -4(-2)-8| + |-1-4| +2(-8)

Then inside the absolute values

| 8-8| + |-5| +2(-8)

| 0| + |-5| +2(-8)

0+5 -16

-11