Question

***Please please help!! I give medals!!
Which of the following is a simplified form of the expression three (x plus five) minus two (x plus y)?

five x plus two y plus fifteen

five x plus thirteen y

x plus y plus fifteen

x minus two y plus fifteen

Answer 1

do you know how to solve this one?

Answer 2

like even a little?

Answer 3

Yes I do

Answer 4

ok well how will you start?

Answer 5

three (x plus five) minus two (x plus y)

write this out, in an equation form.

Answer 6

I wrote it out, and I think you subtract 3 from all of the numbers?

Answer 7

can you show me how you wrote it out please, to make sure you are right....

Answer 8

3(x+5)-2)x+y
yes?

Answer 9

i meant 3(x+5)-2(x+y)
sorry about that

Answer 10

3(x+5)-2(x+y)

Answer 11

K, what do you want to do with that? simplify?
to do that, expand the 3(x+5) and -2(x+y)

Answer 12

I mean foil.

Answer 13

How do you expand it?

Answer 14

3(x+5)
3 times everything in the parenthesis.

Answer 15

Oh okay

Answer 16

I am viewing 4 problems at once.