Question

simplify the alabraic equation: 2(5x+4)+3x-(7-x)

Answer 1

you want to group all numbers with x

Answer 2

distribute thru the paranthesis and then combine like terms

Answer 3

^^

Answer 4

ok seriously i suck at math that makes no sense to me i have no idea how to do that

Answer 5

lets figure out what distribute means then :)

Answer 6

would you agree that (5+3) = 8?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

then by all means:

4(5+3) = 32 right? becasue it is simply 4(8)

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

to distribute means to take that 4 and distribute it thru to the 5 and 3 like this:

4(5) + 4(3) = 32

20 + 12 = 32

32 = 32 ...did you see that?

Answer 11

ya

Answer 12

4(x+3) would distribute like this:

4(x) + 4(3)

4x + 21 right?

Answer 13

sure

Answer 14

well, 4(3) = 12, not 21..typoed it

Answer 15

can you distribute this for me then?

2(5x+4)

Answer 16

2 and the 5 is = 10
4 and 5 is= 20
so is it 30

Answer 17

good job!! you were close; but you forgot to include the 'x' part of it :)

2(5x+4)

2(5x) + 2(4)

10x + 8

Answer 18

a little more practice and you should have it down pat

Answer 19

oh so its 18 im gettng it

Answer 20

not quite 18; the x represent something that we know nothing about yet;

suppose it represent oranges

would 10 oranges and 8 cents = 18??

or would it simply be:

10 oranges and 18 cents?

Answer 21

typoed again...

Answer 22

not quite 18; the x represent something that we know nothing about yet;

suppose it represent oranges

would 10 oranges and 8 cents = 18??

or would it simply be:

10 oranges and 18 cents?

Answer 23

.....computer spazed oon me lol

Answer 24

oh ok

Answer 25

10x is just 10x; theres nothing more to do with it.

10x + 8 is as far as we can go with it

Answer 26

try to distribute this one for me:

-1(7-x)

Answer 27

ok slowly but surely getting it

Answer 28

-1+7x

Answer 29

still got some ironing out to do; but the concepts are there :)

Answer 30

try to rewrite it like this:

-1(7) + -1(-x)

Answer 31

-7 + x right?

Answer 32

yes

Answer 33

10x+8 +3x -7 +x is what we have come to in your question then; now we add up all the x's to get what?

10x +3x +x = how many x's?

Answer 34

3

Answer 35

3x means: x+x+x

x mean: x

10x means: x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x

when we add up all these x's how many are there?

(x) + (x+x+x) + (x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x) ?

Answer 36

14

Answer 37

thats correct :) 14x is the combined number of x's :)

Answer 38

oh

Answer 39

14x +(8-7) =? what is 8-7?

Answer 40

1

Answer 41

then we have come to our answer and cant go any further:

14x + 1 is the answer :)

Answer 42

oh i see

Answer 43

practice at it; the hardest part really is getting the distributive stuff down pat.

Answer 44

uh huh i will