Question

Help :/ please please

Answer 1

Seems questions is invisible :-)

Answer 2

3(5y + 6) - 4
How would you simlify?

Answer 3

i know the 5y and the 6 would add up to 11

Answer 4

nope we can add only same terms
5y and 6 are different

Answer 5

do you know how to "distribute" the 3? that means multiply each term inside the parensw by 3

5y + 6 is not 11 .... 5+6 is 11
5y + 6y is 5 y's plus 6 more y's or 11 y's written 11y

but 5y+6 stays like that

Answer 6

so you you would multiply the 3 and the 6?

Answer 7

you multiply *both* terms. in algebra you can write it like this
3(5y+6) becomes 3*5*y + 3*6 (we are multiplying, but did not simplify)

Answer 8

if you think of the parens as a package that has a 5y and a 6, we have 3 "packages", so we have 3 of each thing inside the package

Answer 9

15y 18

Answer 10

then take 15-4= 11

Answer 11

you keep the + sign, so it is 15y+18

we started with
3(5y + 6) - 4
and got (so far)
15y+18 - 4

now we can simplify 18-4 to what ?

Answer 12

15y + 14

Answer 13

you should not ignore the letters. 15y means you have 15 y's (whatever a "y" is )
so you cannot simplify 15y-4
BUT, you can simplify 18-4 (we know that is 14)
so you get
15y+13

Answer 14

**15y+14

Answer 15

thank you :)