SOLUTION: How do you do problems like 4(3x-5y)-8(2x+y) ?

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Question 547563: How do you do problems like 4(3x-5y)-8(2x+y) ?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
This can be expanded out to:
12x-20y-16x-8y
Now we can combine like terms:
-4x-28y
Make sense?
RJ
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