Question

Find 4x - 5y if x = -5, y = 3

Answer 1

Can you multiply?

Answer 2

Just sub in the given values:
\[4*(-5)-5*3\]

Answer 3

4x means 4 times x and 5y means 5 times y

Answer 4

but my answers that i have to go with are

-5

5

35

-35

Answer 5

Well what is -20 -15?

Answer 6

-35..

Answer 7

4*-5 is -20
and
-5*3is -15

Answer 8

is it -35 or -15?

Answer 9

subtracting from a negative, means it gets more negative

Answer 10

so its -5?

Answer 11

lets put it this way
\[-(20+15)\]
here you've taken out the negative sign