Question

What is the answer to this problem?
3x+6+x-2+8(x-3)+-4-4+x+1+-2(x+2)+6+7x+-8x=?

Answer 1

10x -25

Explanation:

You want to simplify the expression ...

3x+6+x-2+8(x-3)+-4-4+x+1+-2(x+2)+6+7x+-8x

Simplify

First, we use the distributive property to eliminate parentheses:

3x+6+x-2+8x-24+-4-4+x+1+-2x-4+6+7x+-8x

Now, we group x-terms and constant terms:

(3 +1 +8 +1 -2 +7 -8)x +(6 -2 -24 -4 -4 +1 -4 +6)

Finally, we perform the sums:

10x -25

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Additional comment

This sort of problem can be described as "tedious, but not difficult."