SOLUTION: Let x and y represent two real numbers. Write an algebraic expression to denote the quantity. (Enter a simplified answer). The sum of four times x and four times y

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Question 1199631: Let x and y represent two real numbers. Write an algebraic expression to denote the quantity. (Enter a simplified answer). The sum of four times x and four times y
Answer by ikleyn(52798) About Me  (Show Source):
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This algebraic expression is     4x + 4y.                         ANSWER

The same quantity in another form is     4(x+y).             Another  ANSWER


I don't know which one of these two forms is  " simplified ".   They both are quite simple.


        This instruction about  " simplified form "  really produces unnecessary pressure on a reader.

        May be,  the author means   (x+x+x+x) + (y+y+y+y)   as pre-simplified form ?


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