SOLUTION: Simplify 4{3[5(y-3) + 9] + 2(y + 8)}

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Question 321585: Simplify
4{3[5(y-3) + 9] + 2(y + 8)}
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let's do the parenthesis first.
4{3[5y-15 + 9] + 2y + 16}
Now the brackets.
4{15y-45 + 27 + 2y + 16}
Now the braces.
60y-180+108+8y+64
Now Combine like terms to get:
68y-8
This could be rewritten as:
4(17y-2)
Make sense?
RJ