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Simplify the expression: 42x – 28 + 74/2x – 34/2x – 28 + 14/2x – 27

a) 56x – 55
b) 48x – 27
c) 42x – 13
d) 35x – 28

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Final answer:

After simplifying, the expression becomes 69x - 83, which does not match any of the given options. There may be a typo or an error in the question or answer choices as provided.

Step-by-step explanation:

To simplify the given expression, we first combine like terms (those that contain x and those that are constants separately) and simplify any fractions:

42x - 28 + 74/2x - 34/2x - 28 + 14/2x - 27

Combine terms with x:

42x + (74/2x - 34/2x + 14/2x)

Combine constant terms:

-28 - 28 - 27

Simplify terms with x (note that 74/2 - 34/2 + 14/2 simplifies to 27):

42x + 27x = 69x

Simplify constant terms (-28 - 28 - 27 becomes -83):

Therefore, 69x - 83 is the simplified expression.

Looking at the options given by the student, none of them match 69x - 83, so it seems there is a typo or an error in the question or the available choices. In this situation, we advise the student to recheck the original problem and the answer choices provided.

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