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Barry
Barry asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 8 years ago

Simplify by removing brackets and collecting like terms?

How do you simplify this?

2a+3(a+4)

Please can you show how to work it out and explain if possible

Thanks

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  • LiviDivi
    8 years ago
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    2a+3(a+4)

    Then do the distributive property

    2a+3a+12

    combine like terms

    5a+12

    That is the answer!

  • arndt
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    combine the like words: 1st case: 6x-5x-3x= -2x and four+3-(-5)=12 (subtracting -5 is comparable to including 5). So the simplified term is 12-2x 2d case: 4x+x=5x and (-3)+(-7)-5=-15. So the simplified term is 5x-15

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