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What is the answer for shrinking 6x-2(x-3)

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Answer:

4x +6

Explanation:

You want the simplified form of 6x -2(x -3).

Simplify

Generally, the first step in simplifying an expression is elimination of parentheses. This is done using the distributive property.

6x -2(x -3) = 6x -2x -2(-3) = 6x -2x +6

Then, like terms can be combined:

6x -2x +6 = (6 -2)x +6 = 4x +6

The simplified expression is 4x +6.

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Additional comment

We notice the terms have a common factor of 2, so we can use the distributive property to factor that out:

= 2(2x +3)

This form may be useful in some circumstances, but is generally not considered to be the simplified form.

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