200k views
9 votes
How do I do this??????? 2/3x-(1/2x+1)
btw need it simplified

1 Answer

8 votes

Answer:

1/6x -1

Explanation:

"Simplify" generally means, "eliminate parentheses and combine like terms." In general, parentheses are eliminated by making use of the distributive property.

__


(2)/(3)x-\left((1)/(2)x+1\right)=(2)/(3)x-(1)/(2)x-1=\left((2)/(3)-(1)/(2)\right)x-1\\\\=\left((4)/(6)-(3)/(6)\right)x-1=\boxed{(1)/(6)x-1}

User Gerrit Sedlaczek
by
8.3k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories