It opens down if the lead coefficient is negative
And it shifts to the left by two. Always use the opposite of what is in parenthesis, which in this case is 2.
Answer:
6 + 3d
Step-by-step explanation:
First, we can translate from English words to mathematical operations:
– Product: the result of multiplication
– Sum: the result of addition
So, we can rephrase the original sentence as “the result of adding 6 and (the result of multiplying 3 and d)”
When we multiply a constant like 3 by a variable like d, we usually write the two next to each other, which would be “3d” in this case. We can replace that last sentence in symbols with 6 + 3d