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Ok so 38 is half of 76 and 19 is half of 38. If you follow this pattern then theoretically you should get 9.5
Expanding brackets is just your book's way of saying to use the distributive property and then simplify to solve each equation.
I'll show the work for a and b and then the answers for the rest.
a.
4(g + 5) - 4g
Multiply each part inside the parentheses by 4
4g + 4(5) - 4g
4g + 20 - 4g
Now combine like terms to simplify the equation. In this case, the 4g and - 4g cancel each other out.
4g - 4g + 20
0 + 20
20
20 is your answer.
b.
6(p + 4) + 2(p - 12)
Multiply each part of the first set of parentheses by 6 and the second set by 2
6p + 6(4) + 2p + 2(- 12)
6p + 24 + 2p - 24
Combine like terms
6p + 2p + 24 - 24
8p + 0
8p
8p is your answer
c. 6z
d. 3a + 8
e. 8a + 16 which simplifies 8(a + 2)
f. 32w + 16 which simplifies 16(2w + 1)