document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1202674>Question 1202674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplfy (3x -2y + 3x   + Y) ( 6x -5 y + 8y - 4x) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Technically, the response from the other tutor is not correct.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The reason is that you show both \"y\" and \"Y\" in the first expression, and different symbols represent different values.  It is not at all uncommon to use, for example, r and R to represent the radii of two circles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So in this problem (as you post it) you can't simplify \"-2y+Y\" to \"-y\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lesson for you: don't mix lower- and upper-case letters to represent the same number.<br><BR>\n" );
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