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14) Simplify: -(16 - 5x) A) 5x - 16 B) 5x + 16 C) -5x - 16 D) - 5x + 16

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Answer:
5x-16

Switch operations

Before:
-(16 - 5x)

After:
5x-16

Before you switch operation you remove the subtraction sign where -(16) is.

User Igor Liferenko
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