Question

hi i am having trouble to simplify expression10(-2+p)-3(1+3p) please help

Answer 1

Have you placed all of your parenthesis correctly? You should have to only distribute and then combine like terms.

Answer 2

this is how it is on my review and I came up with a different answer then what the teacher gave me.

Answer 3

What did your teacher give and what do you have?

Answer 4

-23+p, I got -17+19p

Answer 5

Okay you need to first distribute 10(-2+p)-3(1+3p) would be -20 + 10p - 3 - 9p. Then you need to combine like terms -20 and -3 would be -23 then 10p and -9p would be just p and that would be -23 + p. Did that help?

Answer 6

how did you get -20+10p-3-9p when i did it I got -20+10p-3+9p

Answer 7

you don't count it as subtracting 3 you count it as a -3 and -3 x 3 is -9.

Answer 8

if that is true then you should be getting -3-9p in the second part

Answer 9

that is right
but you don't put - -3

Answer 10

ohhh ok got it thank so very much!!!

Answer 11

yay okay i have to go now
good job :)