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When reconciling a corporate expense account, you must interpret various mathematical adjustment notations. The notation −(−15)-(-15) indicates taking the opposite of a negative value, which evaluates to 15. In contrast, evaluating the notation −∣−15∣-|-15| involves finding the absolute value first and then applying the external negative sign, which results in the value ____.

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