Question

4. Which expression is equivalent to the given expression? 1 (6x + 9) - 2 x ma

Answer 1

we have the expression

`-(1)/(2)(6x+9)-(x-(3)/(2))`

step 1

Apply distributive property first term

`\begin{gathered} -(1)/(2)(6x)-(1)/(2)(9)-(x-(3)/(2)) \\ -3x-(9)/(2)-(x-(3)/(2)) \end{gathered}`

step 2

Remove the parenthesis

`-3x-(9)/(2)-x+(3)/(2)`

step 3

Combine like terms

`\begin{gathered} -4x-(6)/(2) \\ -4x-3 \end{gathered}`