Question

What is the simplest form of this expression?
3(-3y + 1) + 5

Answer 1

− 9 y + 8

Explanation:

Apply the distributive property.

3(−3y)+3⋅1+5

Multiply −3 by 3.

−9y+3⋅1+5

Multiply 3 by 1.

−9y+3+5

Add 3 and 5 .

− 9 y + 8

Answer 2

8-9y

Explanation:

(-3*3y)+(3*1)+5

=-9y+3+5

=8-9y