Question

please help

Answer 1

distribute the -2 first
then combine like term

Answer 2

in case you forgot how to distribute
\[a(b+c)=ab+bc\]

Answer 3

like terms for example
-2x +x
these are like terms
why are they like term because
they share the quantity x

Answer 4

here a fair example of like stuff
2apples +3apple this are like
conversely
2bananas +5 tomatoes
not like
banana is one thing and tomotoes are another thing

Answer 5

so can you do this now?

Answer 6

let me see you do first \[-2(a-8)\]
can you do this distribution