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-3(-4y+3)+7y

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-3(-4y + 3) + 7y Distribute -3 into (-4y + 3)

(-3)(-4y) + (-3)3 + 7y (two negative signs cancel each other out and become positive)

12y - 9 + 7y Combine like terms(terms that have the same variable and power/exponent), which are only 12y and 7y because the have the same variable of y and an exponent of 1

19y - 9 (this is as far as you can simplify)

User Dimitar Marinov
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Answer:

19y-9

Explanation:

apply distributive property

-3(-4y)-3 x 3 + 7y

12y - 3 x 3 + 7y

12y - 9 + 7y

add 12y to 7y

19y-9

User Bob Reynolds
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