Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 5 - Exponents and Polynomials - Chapter 5 Test - Page 232: 3

Answer

$-13x+2$

Work Step by Step

To remove the parenthesis, we use the distributive property: $3(2x-1)-6(3x-2)-(x+7)$ =$6x-3-18x+12-x-7$ Now, we collect like terms together and then perform addition/subtraction on them to simplify: $6x-3-18x+12-x-7$ =$6x-18x-x-7-3+12$ =$(6x-18x-x)+(-7-3+12)$ =$(-13x)+(2)$ =$-13x+2$
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