Question

Ujalakhan help! (x+2)(y-1) Simplify.

Answer 1

`xy - x + 2y - 2`

solution,

`(x + 2)(y - 1) \\ = x(y - 1) + 2(y - 1) \\ = xy - x + 2y - 2`

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

We can use the distributive property.

(x + 2)(y - 1)

= x(y) - x(1) + 2(y) - 2(1)

= xy - x + 2y - 2