Question

Simplify the expression.
x - 9 - 5x+7 - 2y ​

Answer 1

add the like terms then look for a gcf to take out atleast for this one

so -9+7= -2

-5x + 1x = -4x

and -2y

we can take -2 out of all those

so our answer is -2(2x+y+1