Simplifying an Expression (Heather Jean's Question from Facebook)

[Sudharaka]

Heather Jean's of Facebook writes:

Simplify,

\[-(6y-\gamma)-5(-\gamma+6y)\]

 

[Sudharaka]

Heather Jean's of Facebook writes:

Simplify,

\[-(6y-\gamma)-5(-\gamma+6y)\]

Hi Heather,

First get rid of the parentheses, then combine like terms(same variable raised to the same power) by adding/subtracting their coefficients, after that combine the constant terms. An example of this procedure can be found >>here<<.