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Write an expression that is equivalent to 4(x + 1) - 7 (x + 3)

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Answer:

  • -3x - 17

Explanation:

  • 4(x + 1) - 7(x + 3)
  • => 4x + 4 - 7x - 21
  • => -3x - 17

Conclusion:

Therefore, one expression that is equivalent to 4(x + 1) - 7(x + 3) is -3x - 17.

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Answer:

-3x-17

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to expand this term by multiplying a term and an expression.

The following product distributive property will be used:

.

In our example, the resulting expression will consist of 2 terms:

the first term is a product of and .

the second term is a product of and .

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