How do you simplify $\frac{10x+8y-1}{2$ using the distributive property?

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Answer 1 · 2014-11-09T13:29:55

${10x+8y-1}/{2}$

by distributing $1/2$ to each term in the numerator,

$={10x}/2+{8y}/2-1/2$

by simplifying a bit further,

$=5x+4y-1/2$

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How do you simplify \frac{10x+8y-1}{2\frac{10x+8y-1}{2 using the distributive property?