Question

Can someone check my answer?
Simplify.

7y – x2 + 3x −17x – 5y + 2x2
A.−13x2 + 1y
B.x2 – 14x + 2y
C.2x2 – 12xy
D. 3x2 + 20x + 12y

Answer 1

What did you get?

Answer 2

Oh, by the way, the last 2 in the problem is an exponent

Answer 3

i got c

Answer 4

does anyone know if that's right or not?

Answer 5

thats wrong

Answer 6

okay, how do I find the right answer then?

Answer 7

rewrite it to collect like terms

Answer 8

there are three different terms and none of them cancel out so you should have three terms in your answer

Answer 9

okay

Answer 10

so it should be d or b

Answer 11

yh

Answer 12

i got d

Answer 13

is that right?

Answer 14

no wait never mind, i got b

Answer 15

that's right. great work!

Answer 16

yay! thank you