Evaluate Absolute Value
-$$| | - 6 | + | - 8 | |$$
A) 14
B) 2
C) $- 2$
D) $- 14$ ) Evaluate the expression for the given values of x and y.

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The expression simplifies as follows: $| | - 6 | + | - 8 | | = | 6 + 8 | = | 14 | = 14$. Absolute values turn negative numbers into their positive counterparts, and the absolute value of a positive number is the number itself.

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Evaluate Absolute Value
- $| | - 6 | + | - 8 | |$