Simplify -1/3(y-x)

$- \frac{1}{3} (y - x)$

Step 1

Apply the distributive property.

$- \frac{1}{3} y - \frac{1}{3} (- x)$

Step 2

Combine $y$ and $\frac{1}{3}$ .

$- \frac{y}{3} - \frac{1}{3} (- x)$

Step 3

Multiply $- \frac{1}{3} (- x)$ .

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$- \frac{y}{3} + 1 (\frac{1}{3}) x$

Multiply $\frac{1}{3}$ by $1$ .

$- \frac{y}{3} + \frac{1}{3} x$

Combine $\frac{1}{3}$ and $x$ .

$- \frac{y}{3} + \frac{x}{3}$

$- \frac{y}{3} + \frac{x}{3}$

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