Question

I'm really bad at math!

Here it goes: Find the sum

(5b-9) -3(8-26)



Help!!!!!


-Math Disaster

Answer 1

i think its 5b + 45

Explanation:

im not 100% sure what your asking for but i just distributed the -3 to the 8 and -26 and got 5b -9 -24 + 78. then i combined the like terms to get 5b + 45.

hope this helps !!

Answer 2

Given : (5b - 9) - 3(8 - 26)

⇒ (5b - 9) - 3(-18)

⇒ (5b - 9) + 54

⇒ 5b - 9 + 54

⇒ 5b + 45