SOLUTION: Simplify the following expression: -2(5x+z)-2(-5z-5x)

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Question 230446: Simplify the following expression:
-2(5x+z)-2(-5z-5x)

Found 2 solutions by texttutoring, user_dude2008:
Answer by texttutoring(324)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First expand the expression, by removing the brackets:
= -2(5x+z)-2(-5z-5x)
= -10x -2z + 10z +10x
Now collect the like terms (combine the x's with the x's and the z's with the z's):
= -10x+10x -2z+10z
= 0 + 8z
= 8z

Answer by user_dude2008(1862)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-2(5x+z)-2(-5z-5x)
-10x-2z+10z+10x
8z
Ans: -2(5x+z)-2(-5z-5x) = 8z

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