Which expression is equivalent to –4.5 – 6.2y?

Reorder the terms in –4.5 – 6.2y as –6.2y – 4.5. Changing the order of terms being added does not change the expression’s value, so choice A, –6.2y – 4.5, is equivalent. The other choices change the sign of at least one term.

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