Question

Simplify 2(x + 5) − 3(x − 2)

Answer 1

Explanation:

2x+10 - 3x -5 and for the fun of it the answer will be..

you will subtract 10 and 5 and that gives you 5

then you do -3+2 = -1x

5 divided by -1 gives you

X= -5

Answer 2

-x + 16

Explanation:

We need to use the distributive property to solve this!

We can isolate this into 2 parts that we will need to combine later on, but isolating them will make it less confusing to simplify:

2(x+5) is one part, and the second is -3(x-2)

The first part simplifies to 2x + 10, and the second simplifies to -3x + 6. Now we need to combine the 2 values.

2x + 10 - 3x + 6

Combine like terms

-x + 16 is your answer!