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| 9.  -6y5+13y7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) -9z+0y 8-8y 8-13y 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.  4y7+6x-15 \u003Cbr>6\u003Cbr>11.  -15x +23y  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) -3y 5-3y 5 +13y 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.  10z+13y6+11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) 12y 7-7y 7 +6x-1y 7-15 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.  6y7+3z \u003Cbr>5\u003Cbr>14. 6+17y |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) -1x 6-14x 6 +8y+15y |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) 0z+13y 6 +11+10z |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) -8y 7 +3z+14y 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) 7-1+6y 5 +11y 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Math | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 2 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-14 | 93 | 86 |  | 79 | 71 | 64 | 57 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