Question

Simlify
-4.5[2x-(0.5-1.4)]

a. -9x+0.9
b.-9x-0.9
c.-9x-4.05
d. 9x-4.05

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I got -4.5[2x-(-9)] but need help simplifying it better.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

C

Answer 7

Thanks

Answer 8

np

Answer 9

Could someone show me ow to do it now?

Answer 10

if you see parenthesis or brackets, start there with the inside most thing

Answer 11

-4.5*[ 2x- (-0.9) ]

parenthesis or brackets are the most priorty

Answer 12

minus a negative is the same as addition a-(-b) = a+b

-4.5*[2x + 0.9]

Answer 13

if you have a thing multiplied by a quantity like that, you can 'distribute' the outside term into all the ( ) terms

a*(b+c) = a*b + a*c

-4.5*[2x + 0.9] = (-4.5)*2x + (-4.5)*0.9

then you left with addition and multiplication

muiltiply before adding,

Answer 14

Thanks