Question

Expand and simplify 3(2x+1)-4(2x+5)

Answer 1

Step 1: distribute.
$6x + 3 - 8x - 20$

step 2: combine like terms to get your answer.
$- 2x - 17$

Answer 2

He first step to solving this question is distributing the three and the four once you have your new equation of 6x+3-8x-20 you can easily add or subtract once you do this you should have -2x-17 which is the answer.