What is the value of the expression when a = - 1.4 and b = - 2.7?

|a| + b

"a" is an absolute value, so that means that after whatever is in the brackets is solved as far as it can be, it becomes a positive value, no matter what it is. So, |-1.4| is equal to 1.4. The equation is 1.4 + (-2.7) or 1.4 - 2.7 which equals - 1.3