15. 
Step 1: Distribute the subtraction sign to all the numbers in the second set of parentheses...


Step 2: Combine like terms (
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Step 3: Combine like terms (
's go with
's)




Step 4: Combine like terms (normal numbers go with normal numbers)

1 + 2
3

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16. 
I don't really know how to explain this one but I got: (7m-6n)(7m-6n)
32/10 as a mixed number is 3 2/10
Answer:
at twice the father's rate of speed. At this rate; how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours?
Step-by-step explanation:
at twice the father's rate of speed. At this rate; how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours?
Y^2+5y the greatest common factor is y so
y(y+5)
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4x^2-49 this is a "difference of perfect squares" which always factors to:
(a^2-b^2)=(a-b)(a+b), in this case:
(2x-7)(2x+7)
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5s^2-20 GCF is 5
5(s^2-4) now the parenthetic term is a difference of squares so
5(s-2)(s+2)