How do you simplify $0.4x+0.5y-0.1+0.3x-0.2y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-22T12:04:46

$0.7x+0.2y-0.1$

The fact that you have decimals is not a problem at all. Just collect like terms as usual:

$0.4x+0.3x+0.5y-0.2y-0.1$

= $0.7x+0.2y-0.1$

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