jsblume
Sep 28, 2012, 09:48 AM
Based on the fact that this is an expression, the most likely task is to simplify. We start by removing the parentheses using the distributive property:
3(2y - 5) = 3(2y) + 3(-5) = 6y - 10.
This is as far as we can go because the two terms remaining are not alike. The answer is:
6y - 10.