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Simplify
-2(3x - 4y) +
5(x+3y)

User Chsymann
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Answer:

-x + 23y

Explanation:

-2(3x - 4y) + 5(x+3y)

Expand the brackets.

-6x + 8y + 5x + 15y

Rearrange.

- 6x + 5x +8y + 15y

Add or subtract like terms.

- 1x + 23y

User YGL
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Answer:


- x + 23y

Explanation:


- 2(3x - 4y) + 5(x + 3y) \\ - 6x + 8y + 5x + 15y \\ - 6x + 5x - 8y + 23y \\ = - x + 7y

User Samuel Everson
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