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Simplify -17+2(6x-1)+5

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Normally we would solve the parentheses, but nothing can be simplified. We then need to distribute the 2 into (6x-1). We then get -17 + 12x -2 +5. Now we can combined like terms. -17 - 2 +5 +12x = 12x -14.
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