How do you simplify $\frac{6 x - 10}{- 2}$ $(6x - 10)/-2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-11T18:50:43

$- 3 x + 5$ $-3x+5$

$\frac{6 x - 10}{- 2}$ $(6x-10)/-2$
can be simplified into separate fractions with the common denominator $- 2$ $-2$

$\frac{6 x}{- 2} - \frac{10}{- 2}$ $(6x)/-2-10/-2$

$- 3 x + 5$ $-3x+5$

or

$\frac{6 x - 10}{- 2}$ $(6x-10)/-2$
can be simplified by factoring out the $- 2$ $-2$

$\frac{- 2 (- 3 x + 5)}{- 2}$ $(-2(-3x+5))/-2$

$(cancel(-2)(-3x+5))/cancel(-2)$

$-3x+5$

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