Question

I was trying to simplify 5y - 6 - 7y - 8, I got -2y + 2, which was wrong. I'm not sure what I did wrong.

Answer 1

Given:

$5y-6-7y-8$

Let's simplify the expression.

To simplify the expression, let's combine like terms.

We have:

$5y-7y-6-8$

Combine 5y - 7y:

5y - 7y = -2y

Combine -6 and -8:

-6 - 8 = -14

Therefore, the simplified expression is:

$-2y-14$

ANSWER:

-2y - 14