First you must distribute the 3 to the numbers inside the parentheses, which would be x and 2...
(3 * x) + (3 * 2) - x + 8
3x + 6 - x + 8
Now you must combine like terms. This means that first numbers with no variables go together. Then the numbers with the same variables must be combined...
no variable combination:
3x + 6 -x + 8
6 + 8 = 14
3x - x + 14
same variable combination:
3x - x + 14
3x - x = 2x
2x + 14
Hope this helped!
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