a girl scout has (5x-12) boxes of cookies and sells (3x+18) of them. Write an expression to represent the amount of boxes she ha

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grigory [225] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-13T22:09:49+03:00

Answer:

2x - 30

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to subtract 3x + 18 from 5x - 12:

=> 5x - 12 - ( 3x + 18) = 5x - 12 - 3x - 18 = 5x - 3x - 12 - 18 = 2x - 30

The first step was to apply distributive properties to get rid of the parenthesis, after that the terms were arranged and the like terms combined

Answer = 2x - 30

boyakko [2] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-14T00:13:58+03:00

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(5x-12)-(3x+18)

Simplified becomes 2x-30