Question

You're looking over your child's math homework. The directions say to

simplify the expression below. What feedback would you give your child?
Make sure to include if their answer is correct or not (1 pt) and a
description of why (1 pt). *
6x + 5x + 2y
= 11x + 2y
= 13xy
=
Your answer

Answer 1

Hello, hope you are having a nice day.

This answer is not correct, because we can't add different variables. For instance, if we have 11x+2y, we can't add x's and y's together.

Therefore, the correct answer would be

11x+2y

Hope it helps. Ask me if you have any queries.

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`MagicalNature`

Good luck.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The first step is the answer, so you would have gotten 100% if you just left the question there. The next step, the second step, is quite right.

If it was, then why didn't you do that in the first step?

Think of all the possibilities

60xy

10xy

12xy

10xy + 5y

12xy + 5x

There must be many more.

And yet dear one, you have only made 1 mistake. You combined xs and ys in step 2. Here's the rule.

Don't. If they were added, let them stay added. xs go with other xs. ys go with other ys. They never go together when they are added.