Question

Maisha has 3(x+2) hours reading a book 8x-5 hours sleeping and 2x hours playing.How many hours did she spend in all of these activities

Answer 1

Add all the activities together

=3(x+2) + (8x-5) + 2x
multiply 3 by all in parentheses
=(3*x) + (3*2) + (8x-5) + 2x
=3x + 6 + 8x - 5 + 2x
combine like terms
=(3x + 8x + 2x) + (6 - 5)
=13x + 1

ANSWER: 13x + 1

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