Answer: x+6
Explanation:
Multiply x and 4
Multiply x and 1
The x just gets copied along.
The answer is x
x
4*x evaluates to 4x
x-2 evaluates to x-2
Multiply 3 by x-2
we multiply 3 by each term in x-2 term by term.
This is the distributive property of multiplication.
Multiply 3 and x
Multiply 1 and x
The x just gets copied along.
x
3 × x = 3x
Multiply 3 and -2
1
3 × -2 = -6
3*(x-2) evaluates to 3x-6
4x - 3x = x
4*x-3*(x-2) evaluates to x+6