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Simplify.

–1 + 5(6 – y)



A.


–y + 5


B.


–y + 29


C.


–5y + 29


D.


–5y – 31

1 Answer

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The answer is C. This is because you have to expand the brackets
-1+5(6-y)
The -1 remains the same but the bracket changes.
-1+30-5y
This is because the 5*6 is 30 and 5*y is 5y
This can be simplified to
29-5y or -5+29
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