SOLUTION: I am taking an online Algebra Skills course. The homework has this problem, but I don't know what the back slashes mean: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses

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Question 758553: I am taking an online Algebra Skills course. The homework has this problem, but I don't know what the back slashes mean:
Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.
-\(2x+5-y\)

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

-%282x%2B5-y%29..in front of the parentheses is minus sign which means you multiply by -1 all terms in the parentheses
-1%2A2x-1%2A5-1%28-y%29
-2x-5%2By