Evaluate |4(-3)+2|

$| 4 (- 3) + 2 |$

Step 1

Multiply $4$ by $- 3$ .

$| - 12 + 2 |$

Step 2

Add $- 12$ and $2$ .

$| - 10 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 10$ and $0$ is $10$ .

$10$