Shea wrote the expression 5(y + 2) + 4 to show the amount of money five friends paid for snacks at a baseball game. Which expression is equivalent to the one Shea wrote?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given

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Write an equivalent expression

Start by opening the bracket.

Add like terms (10 and 4)

Hence, equivalent expressions of are:

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infinitely many solutions

step-by-step explanation:

we have been given the equation;

2(2x + 3) = -4 + 2(2x + 5)

we need to determine the value of x.

2(2x + 3), we expand this expression to obtain 4x + 6

similarly 2(2x + 5) will become 4x + 10

now we have;

4x + 6 = -4 + 4x + 10

4x + 6 = 4x + 10 - 4

4x + 6 = 4x + 6

the expression on the left hand side is identical to the one on the right hand side. therefore, we are looking at just a single straight line whose equation is;

y = 4x + 6

consequently, we shall have infinitely many solutions