document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324517>Question 324517</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x + 5y - 7x + 2xy  Could you please show me the steps on how to simplify this problem? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What we can do in this 2x + 5y - 7x + 2xy is combine the x's to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x + 5y + 2xy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's about it. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "We could rewrite it as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(y-x)+2xy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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