2(a+3) + 3(2a-1)
First, let's use the distributive property to expand 2(a+3):
2(a+3) = 2*a + 2*3 = 2a + 6
Let's use the distributive property now to expand 3(2a-1):
3(2a - 1) = 3*2a - 3*1 = 6a - 3
So 2(a+3) + 3(2a-1) = 2a + 6 + 6a - 3
Now you calculate variables between each others, and numbers between each others:
2a + 6 + 6a - 3 = 2a + 6a + 6 - 3 = 8a + 3
So the simplified form of 2(a+3) + 3(2a-1) is 8a + 3.
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There are 30 students in the classroom; 40% are men and 60% are women. How many men and women are in the classroom?
40/100 = 2/5 60/100 = 3/5 30 ÷ 5 = 6 3 × 6 = 18 so 18 are women 2 × 6 = 12
so there are 12 men.
5/4=1 2/4
So basically 5/4=6/4
You must distribute first.
8 times (3x-2)= 24x-16
2 times (12x-5.5)= 24x-11
What you have left is
(24x-16)-(24x-11)
24x-24x=0
-16- -11=-5
The answer is -5
From least to greatest ,0.5, 1.25, 1.4,1.95, 2.0
