Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Simplifying Algebraic Expressions - Exercise Set - Page 170: 54

Answer

$22x-16$

Work Step by Step

$-2(x+4)+8(3x-1)\rightarrow$ apply the distributive property $=-2x-8+24x-8\rightarrow$ combine like terms $=22x-16$
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