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Can you please help me simplify the expression?

Can you please help me simplify the expression?-example-1
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-5h-2 is the correct answer.

User Goldensoju
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Answer:

-5h - 2

Explanation:

3h - 2(1+4h)

Let's first get rid of the ( ) by performing the multiplication:

3h - 2*1 + -2*4h = 3h - 2 - 8h

Now we can subtract 8h from 3h, and that's as simple as it gets:

3h - 2 - 8h = -5h - 2

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