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Can someone simplify this expression? 14y – 5(3 – 2y) and explain how you got it.
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Can someone simplify this expression? 14y – 5(3 – 2y) and explain how you got it.

User Praveen L
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14y - 5(3-2y)
Distribute what's in the parenthesis
14y- (15+10y)
Combine like terms
24y-15
User David Fells
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you first expand the brackets so
14y-15-10y
then you put the like terms together so you do 14y-10y= 4y
4y-15 which is the answer
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