Sophia determine that the expression -(4x-5)+2(x-3) is equivalent to -2x-5 by using the steps below which explains whether sophia is correct

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

The line y = x + passes through (−3, 7) and is parallel to y = 4x − 1.

Restrictions on f(x) = 1/x+5 and g(x) = x-2