SOLUTION: The instructions are as follows: "Simplify by removing all grouping symbols and combining like terms." The equation to simplify: 3/5(5n - 4) + 5/8(n + 16) Thank you.

Algebra ->  Distributive-associative-commutative-properties -> SOLUTION: The instructions are as follows: "Simplify by removing all grouping symbols and combining like terms." The equation to simplify: 3/5(5n - 4) + 5/8(n + 16) Thank you.      Log On


   

Question 753931: The instructions are as follows: "Simplify by removing all grouping symbols and combining like terms."
The equation to simplify:
3/5(5n - 4) + 5/8(n + 16)
Thank you.
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The instructions are as follows: "Simplify by removing all grouping symbols and combining like terms."
The equation to simplify:
3/5(5n - 4) + 5/8(n + 16)
Thank you.

%283%2F5%29%285n+-+4%29+%2B+%285%2F8%29%28n+%2B+16%29 ------ 3%285n+-+4%29%2F5+%2B+5%28n+%2B+16%29%2F8

%288%283%29%285n+-+4%29+%2B+5%285%29%28n+%2B+16%29%29%2F40 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 40

%2824%285n+-+4%29+%2B+25%28n+%2B+16%29%29%2F40

%28120n+-+96+%2B+25n+%2B+400%29%2F40

%28120n+%2B+25n+-+96+%2B+400%29%2F40

highlight_green%28%28145n+%2B+304%29%2F40%29, or highlight_green%28%2829%2F8%29n+%2B+38%2F5%29

If it's, %283%29%2F5%285n+-+4%29+%2B+5%2F8%28n+%2B+16%29, then it's a different story. You need to use PARENTHESES, so the problem will be clearer. Additionally, this is not an equation but a rational expression instead, or a fractional expression, to be specific.