Question

Simplify 8(A + 2B) + 6(2A + B).

Answer 1

distribute the 8 for (A+2B)
distribute the 6 for (2A+B)

Answer 2

14a + 12a?

Answer 3

distribute the 8 for (A+2B)

what is 8 x A
what is 8 x 2B

Answer 4

8a and 14a

Answer 5

So the same for the second part

Answer 6

Wait, how did you get 14a?

Answer 7

wait... 8 x a = 8a is correct
what is 8 x 2B ? @audieeeuniverse

Answer 8

ok what's 8 x 2 (let's get rid of the B for a bit)

Answer 9

oh my gosh thats embarrassing i meant 16a

Answer 10

the letter should be B
so we have 8A+16B

Answer 11

similarly
distribute the 6 for (2A+B)
what's 6 x 2A
what's 6 x B

Answer 12

12a and 6b

Answer 13

alright
so now we have 12A + 6B
so we combine like terms
8A+16B+12A+6B
we can also rearrange this to make it easier
8A+12A+16B+6B

Answer 14

so 20a + 22b?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

okay thank you