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Comparing Inventory Deviations

An inventory specialist is reviewing daily stock level reports and needs to compare two mathematical expressions representing stock deviations: ∣−20∣|-20| and −∣−20∣-|-20|. Based on the rules for comparing numerical expressions involving absolute values, what is the first step the specialist must perform before using an inequality or equality symbol to compare them?

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