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Jessalyn simplified the expression below. Find the TWO mistakes she made, and explain how she should have simplified the expression. 4(x+5) - 3x 4x+5-3x 6x

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The First mistake she made is simplifying 4(x+5) - 3x to be 4x+5-3x.

The mistake here is that she did not expand the 4(x+5) correctly. She forgot to multiply 4 by 5 to correctly expand the bracket. The correct expansion of "4(x+5)" is "4x + 20" and not "4x + 5"

The second mistake is that she simplified 4x+5-3x to be equal to 6. This is wrong.

"4x+5-3x" gives "x + 5" and not 6.

The correct simplification of the problem is as follows:

4(x+5) - 3x = 4x + 20 -3x

Collect like terms

=4x - 3x + 20

=x + 20

The correct answer should be x + 20

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