Question

Rewrite in simplest terms (10x−2y)−(x+3y)

Answer 1

The simplified expression is 9x - 5y.

To simplify the expression we can distribute the negative sign to the parenthesis. We can also get rid of the parenthesis of both terms once we have distributed.

`(10x-2y)-x-3y`

`10x-2y-x-3y`

We can now combine like terms:

`9x-5y`

So, our simplified expression is 9x - 5y.