Question

-3y + 5 (6y+9) = -1 -5 (4-y)

Answer 1

-3y+5(6y+9)=-1-5(4-y)
-3y+30y+45=-1-20+5y Distribute.
27y+45=-21+5y Combine like terms.
-5y -5y Subtract 5y from both sides.
22y+45=-21
-45 -45 Subtract 45 from both sides.
22y=-66
Divide both sides by 22, and the answer is -33.

Answer 2

that's what i got too, but it is incorrect....

Answer 3

Does it say it's incorrect in the back of a textbook?

Answer 4

That's what it said. I've done it so many times and i got so many different answers and put it in, it keep saying incorrect! :/ oh lord.. how much i hate math. sighs*

Answer 5

Did you copy the original problem down correctly? I sometimes switch positive and negative signs by mistake.

Answer 6

Yeah, i've tried 33 and -33 it said its both incorrect..