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Simplify the expression: 4x-3(x-2)

User Zebasz
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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

User Dlants
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Answer:

x + 6

Explanation:

4x - 3(x - 2)

4x - 3x + 6

x + 6

User Jamon Holmgren
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