Question

How do you simplify `(5k + 10) - (2k - 1)`?

Answer 1

Simplifying this give us `3k+11`. See below on the steps.

Explanation:

So before we start simplifying this, we need to distribute the negative sign to `(2k-1)` which gives us this:

`5k+10-2k+1`

Simplifying this by combining like term gives us:

`3k+11`