15.c

simplify:

(5(0.6 - 1.5p) + 8 - 3.5p)

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15.c

simplify:

(5(0.6 - 1.5p) + 8 - 3.5p)

answer

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{ "quality": "clear", "question_count": 1, "skills_matched": [ "step_cot", "blank_filling_formatter", "explain_then_answer", "quick" ], "needs_drawing": false, "concepts_used": [], "new_concepts": [ "Distributive Property", "Combining Like Terms" ], "current_concepts": [ "Distributive Property", "Combining Like Terms", "Simplifying Expressions" ] } ## Apply the distributive property $$ 5(0.6 - 1.5p) = 5(0.6) - 5(1.5p) = 3 - 7.5p $$ ## Combine like terms $$ \begin{aligned} (3 - 7.5p) + 8 - 3.5p &= (3 + 8) + (-7.5p - 3.5p) \ &= 11 - 11p \end{aligned} $$ Simplify: $5(0.6-1.5p)+8-3.5p$ Answer $11 - 11p$ { "subject": "Mathematics", "question_type": "Fill-in-the-blank", "knowledge_point": [ "Mathematics", "Algebra", "Simplifying Expressions" ] }

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Combine like terms

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