Question

Write an expression that is equivalent to 15X -20 (your expression should have at least four terms)

Answer 1

`15x - 20 = 10x + 5x -10 -10`

Explanation:

Given

`15x - 20`

Required

Write an equivalent expression (with 4 terms)

15x can be expressed as 10x + 5x

-20 can be expressed as -10 - 10

Bring these together, we have:

`15x - 20 = 10x + 5x -10 -10`

Hence:

10x + 5x -10 -10 is an equivalent of 15x - 20

Note that there are as many other equivalent expressions as possible