document.write( "Question 73895: Evaluate the expressions if x = -2, y = 5, and z = -2: -5(-3y - 2z) \n" ); document.write( "
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Evaluate the function:
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\n" ); document.write( "Given that x = -2 y = 5 z= -2
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\n" ); document.write( "For each of the letters in the function, plug in its corresponding value. When you do,
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\n" ); document.write( "Notice that there is no x term in the function so you don't do anything with the fact that
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\n" ); document.write( "Do the multiplications inside the parentheses first. -3(5) = -15 and -2(-2) = +2.
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\n" ); document.write( "-5(-15 + 4)
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\n" ); document.write( "Add the -15 and +4 to get -11. Substitute this:
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\n" ); document.write( "Now multiply to get the answer of +55
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\n" ); document.write( "That's the answer to the problem. Hope that you follow this all the way through so that
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