SOLUTION: Trying to help my son with his homework?! Here are the directions on the top of the paper.>Combine like terms after you simplify the expression using Distributive property. Ca.

Question 346969: Trying to help my son with his homework?!
Here are the directions on the top of the paper.>Combine like terms after you simplify the expression using Distributive property. Ca. Std. 4.0 Simplify expressions before solving linear equations.

3(2x-5y)+2(5x+3y)
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Answer by haileytucki(390) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3(2x-5y)+2(5x+3y)
Multiply 3 by each term inside the parentheses.
6x-15y+2(5x+3y)
Multiply 2 by each term inside the parentheses.
6x-15y+10x+6y
Since 6x and 10x are like terms, add 10x to 6x to get 16x.
16x-15y+6y
Since -15y and 6y are like terms, subtract 6y from -15y to get -9y.
16x-9y
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