Question

What is 2(3x + 12y - 5 - 17x - 16y +4) simplified?

Answer 1

Answer:

2(-14x-4y-1) / -28x-8y-2

Step-by-step explanation:

2(3x + 12y - 5 - 17x - 16y +4)

the 2 outside the bracket means we need to multiply everything by 2

=

6x+24y-10-34x-32y+8

now put all the like-terms together

6x-34x+24y-32y+8-10

now add them together

=-28x-8y-2

now find the HCF

2

put 2 outside the bracket and then divide every number by 2

2(-14x-4y-1)

this is as simplified it can get