Answer
$5-\sqrt 5$
Work Step by Step
Start with absolute value expression: $|\sqrt 5-5|$.
Since $\sqrt 5 -5$ is negative, we must find the negative of it to find the absolute value:
$|\sqrt 5-5|=-(\sqrt 5 -5)=5-\sqrt 5$.
Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition
by Stewart, James
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285741552
ISBN 13:
978-1-28574-155-0
APPENDIX A - Numbers, Inequalities, and Absolute Values - A Exercises - Page A9: 5
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