Question

What is the difference (2 x minus 3) minus (x minus 1)? x minus 4 x minus 2 x 2 x 4.

Answer 1

x-2

Explanation:

We want to find the difference:

(2x - 3) - (x-1)

We expand the parenthesis using the distributive property to get:

(2x3)-(x-1)=2x-3-x+1

Regroup similar terms on the right:

(2x-3)-( x-1)= 2x - x - 3 + 1

Combine similar terms on the right:

(2x-3)-(x-1)=x-2

Therefore the difference is x-2