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1(5x+8y) + 1(6x-2y)

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 Aug 31, 2015
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so the best we can do is simplify this expression.

starting by distributing the fractions to the terms inside the parantheses to get

(5/3)x+(8/3)y+(6/4)x-(2/4)y

now we can simplify a couple of the fractions to get

(5/3)x+(8/3)y+(3/2)x-(1/2)y

now we can combine the x & y terms, lets group them to make it easier to see...

(5/3)x+(3/2)x+(8/3)y-(1/2)y 

now we need to keep in mind that we need a common denominator to add the fractions, so..

(10/6)x+(9/6)x+(16/6)y-(3/6)y

now combine the like terms and we have.

(19/6)x+(13/6)y

 

Hope this helped!

 Aug 31, 2015

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