Ellen is playing a video game in which she captures butterflies. There are 6 butterflies onscreen, but the number of butterflies doubles every minute. After 4 minutes, she was able to capture 5 of the butterflies. Part 1 out of 2
Enter an expression for the number of butterflies after 4 minutes. Use a power of 2 in your answer.
An expression is

ok then what happened.

3. (5x + 1) - (-10x + 6)

simplify the answer choice. combine like terms. remember to distribute the negative to the terms inside the second parenthesis. also remember that two negatives = one positive, and one of each sign = negative.

- (-10x + 6) = + 10x - 6

simplify. combine like terms:

5x + 1 + 10x - 6

5x + 10x + 1 - 6

15x - 5

∴ it is your answer

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