Simplify |6-(-2)|

$| 6 - (- 2) |$

Step 1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$| 6 + 2 |$

Step 2

Add $6$ and $2$ .

$| 8 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $8$ is $8$ .

$8$