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-(b+5)+(10-5b) plz help

User MihZR
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Answer:

-6b + 5

Explanation:


-(b+5)+(10-5b)\\\\=-b-5+10-5b\qquad\text{combine like terms}\\\\=(-b-5b)+(-5+10)\\\\=-6b+5

User Kstev
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Answer:

5 - 6b

Explanation:

Given

- (b + 5) + (10 - 5b)

Distribute the first parenthesis by - 1 and the second by 1, thus

= - b - 5 + 10 - 5b ← collect like terms

= (- 5 + 10) + (- b - 5b)

= 5 + (- 6b) = 5 - 6b

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