Given | X-7 + | y + 13 | = 0, find the value of 3x + 2Y

Given | X-7 + | y + 13 | = 0, find the value of 3x + 2Y

Because the absolute value is always nonnegative, X-7 = 0 and y + 13 = 0
We get x = 7, y = - 13
So 3x + 2Y = 3 * 7 + 2 * (- 13) = - 5