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Simplify the expression below: − 4 − 5 y + 12 + 15 ( 7 + y )

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We must first open the parenthesis. We get 15*7+15y, or 105+15y. We can now add 12 to 105 which would be 117. Now we have -4-5y+117+15y. With this we can move the -4 to 117 which is 113 and the -5y to 15y which is 10y. So we got 113+10y as our answer.

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