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Simplify 18 - 2[ x + ( x - 5)]. help?
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Simplify 18 - 2[ x + ( x - 5)]. help?

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the answer is negative four x  plus twenty eight 
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18 - 2[ x + ( x - 5)]

=18-2(x + x - 5)

=18 -2(2x -5)

=18-4x +10

= -4x + 28

=-4(x -7)

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