2016 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 3

Problem

Let $x=-2016$ . What is the value of $\bigg|$ $||x|-x|-|x|$ $\bigg|$ $-x$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ -2016\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2016\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4032\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6048$

By: dragonfly

First of all, lets plug in all of the $x$ 's into the equation.

$\bigg|$ $||-2016|-(-2016)|-|-2016|$ $\bigg|$ $-(-2016)$

Then we simplify to get

$\bigg|$ $|2016+2016|-2016$ $\bigg|$ $+2016$

which simplifies into

$\bigg|$ $2016$ $\bigg|$ $+2016$

and finally we get $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 4032}$

Consider $x$ is negative.

We replace all instances of $x$ with $|x|$ :

$\bigg|$ $||x|+|x||-|x|$ $\bigg|$ $+|x|$

$=$ $\bigg|$ $|2x|-|x|$ $\bigg|$ $+|x|$

$=$ $|x|$ $+|x|$

$=|2x|$

$=4032 \boxed{\textbf{(D)}}$

omerselim1

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