How do you simplify this ? 8(x - 4) - 6(x - 1) + 9x

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2 answers:

True [87]3 years ago

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$8(x - 4) - 6(x - 1) + 9x=\\
8x-32-6x+6+9x=\\
11x-26$

Neporo4naja [7]3 years ago

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$8(x-4)-6(x-1)+9x\\\\=8\cdot x+8\cdot(-4)-6\cdot x-6\cdot(-1)+9x\\\\=8x-32-6x+6+9x\\\\=(8x-6x+9x)+(-32+6)\\\\=\boxed{11x-26}$

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