SOLUTION: What are the steps to solving the following equation: -3(9x-7y)-(x+4y)?

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Question 626762: What are the steps to solving the following equation: -3(9x-7y)-(x+4y)?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-3%289x-7y%29-%28x%2B4y%29

-3%289x%29-3%28-7y%29-%28x%29-%284y%29

-27x%2B21y-x-4y

-28x%2B17y

So -3%289x-7y%29-%28x%2B4y%29 simplifies to -28x%2B17y

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