3 years ago

Simplify -3(2x-4)+8x-8

2 answers:

4 0

Expand -3(2x-4) with the distributive property
-3(2x-4)=2x*-3-4*-3=-6x+12
Substitute this back in to the original statement
-6x+12+8x-8=2x+4

Hope this helps!

ryzh [129]3 years ago

3 0

-3(2x-4)+8x-8
-6x+12+8x-8
2x+4
x=2

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