Question

Evaluate 3x − 5y when x = 3 and y = −2

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

wats 3 * 3 and 5*-2??

Answer 3

"when x = 3 and y = −2" means replace x with 3 and y with -2.

Answer 4

Plug it in.
3(3) - 5(-2)
Make sense?
Now do Order of Operation to evaluate. :)

Answer 5

I was adding, not multiplying. that explains why my answers do not match any of the choices. 6 and -4 @lol54arino

Answer 6

yea 3x3 and -5x-2

Answer 7

3x is a coefficient. Which mean it's a number multiply by a variable.
So another way of writing 3x is 3 * x. :)

Answer 8

-5*-2=-10 darling

Answer 9

No. -5 * -2 does not equal to -10.

Answer 10

negative times a negative is a positive

Answer 11

postive 10 oopy