Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Appendix A - A.2 - Formulas and Equations - Exercises - Page 549: 6

Answer

$17$

Work Step by Step

By expanding the two brackets, we have to multiply every element of them by the number standing before the brackets. $3(2x + 5) - 2(3x - 1) = 6x + 15 - 6x + 2 = 17$
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