Question

Will medal+fan!!
can some one help and explain this to me please!
simplify: 2(3y – 4)

Answer 1

To simplify what do you think would be the first step?

Answer 2

um isolate the y?

Answer 3

yea are you trying to simplify it?

Answer 4

ya

Answer 5

Yes, our goal is to isolate it in the end...
First we work form the outside......... which means to?

Answer 6

never mind Julia has it

Answer 7

chocolove22?

Answer 8

disruptive property??

Answer 9

No - this is an expression - not an equation

you cannot isolate y

the best you can do is expand (distribute) the 2, but I would normally consider that the expression is already in its 'simplest' form

Answer 10

yes! so we would distribute the....?

Answer 11

numbers in the peranthasis

Answer 12

when you distribute the 2, you multiply everything in the parentheses by 2?

Answer 13

2*3 2*4

Answer 14

yes! so what would our ending answer be?

Answer 15

NO



you forgot the y and the minus sign