Question

Distribute the negative number and simplify.10 - 2(4 + 3x)

Answer 1

SOLUTION

Step 1 :

In this question, we are meant to distribute the negative number and simplify the linear expression.

Step 2 :

Given:

$\begin{gathered} 10\text{ - 2 ( 4 + 3 x )} \\ \text{Expanding the brackets, then we have that:} \\ =10\text{ - 8 - 6 x } \\ =2\text{ - 6x } \end{gathered}$

CONCLUSION

We can see clearly that:

$10\text{ - 2 ( 4 + 3 x ) = 2 - 6 x }$