document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=758553>Question 758553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am taking an online Algebra Skills course.  The homework has this problem, but I don't know what the back slashes mean:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-\(2x+5-y\) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-%282x%2B5-y%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-%282x%2B5-y%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >..in front of the parentheses  is minus sign which means you multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  all terms in the parentheses\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1%2A2x-1%2A5-1%28-y%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1%2A2x-1%2A5-1%28-y%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2x-5%2By ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2x-5%2By\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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