Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Simplifying Algebraic Expressions - Exercise - Page 218: 75

Answer

$-5x+6$

Work Step by Step

We simplify by removing the parentheses and combining the like terms as follows: $$ \frac{2}{3} (6x - 9) -\frac{3}{4}(12x - 16)\\ =4x-6-9x+12=-5x+6 .$$
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