Can you check my answer for simplifying -2[3(x - 2y) +7] + [3(2 - 5x) + 10] - 7[-2(x - 3) + 5]?
I came up with −7x+12y+10
I came up with
1 Answer
Sep 5, 2017
Explanation:
expanding term by term
∙x−2[3(x−2y)+7]
=−2[3x−6y+7]
=−6x+12y−14→(1)
∙x[3(2−5x)+10]
=6−15x+10=16−15x→(2)
∙x−7[−2(x−3)+5]
=−7[−2x+6+5]
=−7[11−2x]=−77+14x→(3)
adding all 3 expressions together
−6x+12y−14+16−15x−77+14x
=−7x+12y−75