Six students are working to simplify the expression shown. Drag each student’s answer to a box to show whether it is fully simplified equivalent to the given expression but not fully simplified, or not equivalent to the given expression.

Answer: The arrows show the appropriate destination for your dragging.
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Combining like terms in the given expression makes it simplify to ...
(2x -18x) +(14y) +(9 -10) = -16x +14y -1
We are to compare this expression with the offered expressions to see if they simplify to the same thing. We'll examine those left-to-right starting with the top row:
2x -18x +14y -19 = -16x +14y -19 . . . not the same
-2xy -1 . . . not the same
16x +14y -1 . . . not the same
9 -16x +14y -10 = -16x +14y -1 . . . equivalent
-16x +14y -1 . . . equivalent and simplified
2x -18x +14y -1 = -16x +14y -1 . . . equivalent
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