Can anyone walk me through the problem (3y+19)+(5y-29)?

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anonymous · Answer

Please help!! I will fan and medal!!

k_lynn · Answer

Are you trying to do foil?

k_lynn · Answer

Because then you would multiply the
First terms
Outer terms
Inner Terms 
Last terms 

in that order.

k_lynn · Answer

Then you would combine like terms

cjay99 · Answer

Combine the like terms, the 3y +5y and the and the 19-29

mathmale · Answer

Chick:  First, please provide the instructions that came with this problem statement.

K_L:  Thanks for trying to help, but what you've just shared is not relevant here, UNLESS the problem was incorrectly typed in.

mathmale · Answer

See what Cjay99 has suggested.   THAT is relevant.

pooja195 · Answer

To make this less confusing simply remove the parentheses then just combine like terms
$$\huge~\rm~\bf 3y+19+5y-29$$

cjay99 · Answer

and also use the addition and subtraction signs as positive and negative signs also for example the minus 29 is negative 29

thebossofme191 · Answer

i'm doing this kind of stuff now

cjay99 · Answer

same

thebossofme191 · Answer

i dont like it

thebossofme191 · Answer

but its pretty easy

mathmale · Answer

Some people would find it easiest to write in one column all the terms that have 'y' in them and in another column all the constant terms.   Sum up each column.

anonymous · Answer

Ok thank you all that all helped a lot with the fact of just combining like terms and taking off the parentheses.