Question

Can someone help me pls.....

Answer 1

the first one is equivalent and the second one is not equivalent

Explanation:

In the first one do the distributive property first by distributing the the -2.

`3x - 4.6x - 5 = 1.6x - 5`

collect like terms on the left side

`- 1.6x - 5 = - 1.6x - 5`

they are equivalent.

The second equation do the distributive property first by multiplying by -3.

`5 + 4.8x + 6.3 = 4.8x - 1.3`

collect like terms on the left.

`4.8x + 11.3 = 4.8x - 1.3`

not equivalent