document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=321585>Question 321585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4{3[5(y-3) + 9] + 2(y + 8)} </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's do the parenthesis first. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4{3[5y-15 + 9] + 2y + 16}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the brackets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4{15y-45 + 27 + 2y + 16}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the braces. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "60y-180+108+8y+64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now Combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "68y-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This could be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(17y-2) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ </SPAN>\n" );
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