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Use the Distributive Property to simplify 2(3x2 – 4x + 7)

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Answer:

4x + 14

Explanation:

2 (3x2 - 4x + 7)

= 2 ( 6x - 4x + 7)

= 2 ( 2x + 7)

= 4x + 14

User Salman Ghumsani
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1. multiply 2x3 to get 6
2(6-4x+7)

2. add any liked terms (being 6 & 7 because they don't have x)
2(13-4x)

3. remove parenthesis and multiply by 2
26-8x

ANSWER: 26-8x
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