Question

Find the value of $-\left|9-13\right|$

Answer 1

Let's find the value of $-\left|9-13\right|$

Let's add additive integer of $13=(-13)$ to $9$

If the given numbers are of unlike signs, let's subtract the absolute values directly and give the sign of the largest absolute valued integer to the result.

So, $-\left|9+(-13)\right|=-\left|-4\right|$

Since absolute value of a number denotes the distance between zero and that number in a number line.

So,

$-\left|-4\right|=-4$

Hence, the answer is $-4$