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Rewrite in simplest terms: -2(3g-8g+8)-9g−2(3g−8g+8)−9g

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Answer: 2g - 32

Explanation:

-2 (3g - 8g + 8) - 9g - 2 (3g - 8g + 8) - 9g

First step is to use the distributive property to distribute 2.

The expression is now:

-6g + 16g - 16 - 9g - 6g + 16g - 16 - 9g

Now you put the like terms together..

-6g + 16g - 9g - 6g + 16g - 9g -16 - 16

All that is left to do is combine them!

(-6g + 16g - 9g - 6g + 16g - 9g) + (-16 - 16)

2g + (-32)

2g - 32

Hope that helped!

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