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Find an equivalent expression for -3(2x+5)-(x-1)

User Omid N
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Answer:

-7(x+2)

Explanation:

  • -6x-15-x+1
  • -7x-14
  • -7(x+2)
User JinnKo
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Solution:

-3(2x+5)-(x-1)

↦ -6x+(-15)-x+1

↦-6x-x-15+1

↦7x-14

↦2(x-7)

User Ildefonso
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