Evaluate 14-|-10+3|

$14 - | - 10 + 3 |$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Add $- 10$ and $3$ .

$14 - | - 7 |$

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 7$ and $0$ is $7$ .

$14 - 1 \cdot 7$

Multiply $- 1$ by $7$ .

$14 - 7$

Step 2

Subtract $7$ from $14$ .

$7$