Question

Simplify 2x+3y^-2(x-y^2)

Answer 1

So you are going to use the distributive property with what is inside the parenthesis.

2x + 3y + 2(x - y) - 3

You are going to distribute the 2 to the x and then 2 to the y. You need to pay attention to the signs that are out in front of the coefficients, or variables that you are using.

So it's 2*x = 2x and 2*y = 2y.

2x + 3y + 2x - 2y - 3

Then you can combine like terms

2x + 3y + 2x - 2y - 3

So combine all of your x's together 2x + 2x = 4x

Then combine all of your y's together 3y - 2y = y

So your final answer is

4x + y - 3