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Expand and simplify 3(x+2)+2(x-1)

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If you would like to expand and simplify 3 * (x + 2) + 2 * (x - 1), you can do this using the following steps:

3 * (x + 2) + 2 * (x - 1) = 3 * x + 3 * 2 + 2 * x - 2 * 1 = 5 * x + 6 - 2 = 5 * x + 4

The correct result would be 5 * x + 4.
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