SOLUTION: find the indicated sum, products and quotients 3x-2y+4(-x+3(y-2x)-3y)-2x

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Question 45398: find the indicated sum, products and quotients
3x-2y+4(-x+3(y-2x)-3y)-2x
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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First remove the parentheses on the inside by distributive property:
3x-2y+4(-x+3(y-2x)-3y)-2x
3x-2y+4(-x+3y-6x-3y)-2x

Next, combine like terms within the remaining parentheses (the +3y -3y subtract out):
3x -2y +4(-7x) -2x
3x -2y-28x -2x

Combine the x terms:
-27x -2y

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