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2(x-y) and 2x-2y

User Yoiku
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Answer:

2(x-y) and 2x-2y are equivalent.

Explanation:

To figure out 2(x-y) and 2x-2y, you can apply the distributive property on


2(x - y)

to get:


2(x - y) = 2x - 2y

Or we can factor


2x - 2y

to get:


2x - 2y = 2(x - y)

This implies that, the two expressions are equivalent.

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