Mai's statement implies that Tyler's steps do not form an equivalent expression
Tyler's error is in step 3.
Tyler's steps of solving the expression is given as:
Tyler's error is in step 3.
This is so because:
9 + (-4) ( 5x + -6 ) in step 2 is not equivalent to 9 + -20x + -6 in step 3
In actual sense, Tyler's error is in multiplying the (-4) and (-6)
The correct solution is as follows:
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