SOLUTION: how do you solve this problem? 2x+(4y)+(12x)+9y

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Question 341913: how do you solve this problem?
2x+(4y)+(12x)+9y
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do you solve this problem?
2x+(4y)+(12x)+9y
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You don't solve it; you simplify it.
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2x+12x + 4y+9y
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= 14x + 13y
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It's like adding apples and oranges.
You can add them but you always end up
with some number of apples and some
number of oranges.
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Cheers,
Stan H.