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Just need help with this simple math question
Simplify:
2(n-4)

User Marc A
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the answer is 2n - 8
you are distributing 2 into n and 4 so 2 times n is 2n and 2 times 4 is 8
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2(n-4) = 2n - 8 .........distributive property
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