Which of these expressions is not equivalent to the others?

(4n + 3) + 5n + 8 - 6

(4n + 5n) + (3 + 8 - 6)

9n + 3 + 2

9n + 11

Normally You would need to simplify all of them, to see what their values are like.

Already from the start, however, we can see that 9n + 3 + 2 and 9n + 11 isnt the same value. Based on this, we should only need to simplify one of the other, to get either 9n + 5 or 9n + 11.

Lets pick the upper one.

(4n + 3) + 5n + 8 - 6

4n + 3 + 5n + 2

9n + 5.

This indicated that 9n+11 is the odd one.

To make sure, we can solve the next one:

(4n + 5n) + (3 + 8 - 6)

9n + 5

Which indicated the same thing.

9n+11 is the "outsider", which means:

9n + 11 is the correct answer for this task.

(4n + 3) + 5n + 8 - 6

4n + 3 + 5n + 2

9n + 5.