Because, if 6 + 6 = 12, then in 6 + 7, 7 can be splitted into 6 + 6 + 1, and so you find it easier...!!
$15,000+$6,500+$23,000+$20,500+$5,000=$70,000
$70,000+$40,000=$110,000
$110,000-$82,000=-$28,000
economic profit is -$28,000
$82,000-$70,000=$12,000
accounting profit is $12,000
Im assuming you are supposed to factor this problem considering there is no = sign. starting with numbers, you can factor, or divide, both of those numbers by 9. moving on to letters, both terms have a “y” attached to them, so you can take out a y as well. leaving you with the simplified equation being
9y (2x-3)