Evaluate |x - 13| when x=5.

Step-by-step explanation:

|x-13| absolute value means that we do not care about whether it is to left of zero or the right of zero we just care about the number itself.

5-13 = - 8

but since we only care about its absolute value it is just 8

8

Step-by-step explanation:

|x - 13|

Let x = 5

|5 - 13|

|-8|

Absolute value means positive

8