Q. Combine like terms to create an equivalent expression.Enter any coefficients as simplified proper or improper fractions or integers.2(51m−52)+53
Distribute the 2: Distribute the 2 across the terms inside the parentheses.We need to multiply each term inside the parentheses by 2.Calculation: 2 \times (\frac{1}{5})m - 2 \times (\frac{2}{5})\(\newline= (\frac{2}{5})m - (\frac{4}{5})\)
Add the term outside: Add the term outside the parentheses to the result from Step 1.Now we combine the like terms by adding (3/5) to the expression we got from Step 1.Calculation: (2/5)m−(4/5)+(3/5)= (2/5)m−(1/5)
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