Question

Simplify this expression and write your answer below: 6x - 4y + 7 - 3 - 8x + y + 1+ y

Answer 1

Given the expression

`6x-4y+7-3-8x+y+1+y`

The first step is to order the like terms together.

That is the terms that have "x" go together, terms that have "y" form a second group and the constants form a third group:

`6x-8x-4y+y+y+7-3+1`

Then solve the operations between the like terms

`\begin{gathered} (6x-8x)+(-4y+y+y)+(7-3+1) \\ -2x-2y+5 \end{gathered}`