How do you simplify $10-(2y-6)-y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-17T10:38:42

$16 - 3y$

Look at the parts individually, there is $10$ , $-(2y - 6)$ and $-y$ . Breaking this down can help.

Looking at $-(2y - 6)$ :

You multiply everything inside the bracket by $-1$ . It may only look like $-$ but there is a $1$ there. Just like $y$ is actually $1y$ .

$-1 " x " 2y = -2y$
$-1 " x "-6 = 6$ ( $- " x " - = +$ )

So now we have,
$10 - 2y + 6 - y$

This can be simplified,

$10 + 6 = 16$
$-2y - y = -3y$

Therefore, it is simplified to just:
$16 - 3y$

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