Question

Can anyone help? I think the answer is C, but not sure.

Answer 1

Not quite, remember when you distribute you have to do it to all the numbers inside the parenthesis

Answer 2

yeah, what did I miss?

Answer 3

Well it multiplied 6 and 3x but it did not multiply 6 and -7

Answer 4

I'm confused, can you explain it from the beginning?

Answer 5

How would you distribute
Ex. \(2(1x-2)\)?

Answer 6

?

Answer 7

what do those numbers have to do with

Answer 8

18 + 42

Answer 9

I was trying to do an example but mind that

Answer 10

You multiply whatever is outside of the parenthesis with everything inside

Answer 11

Close but 6 * -7 isn't 42

Answer 12

ohhhh yeah, sorry its -42

Answer 13

And when you multiply 6 * 3x, you still need the x so 18x not just 18

Answer 14

what do I do next?

Answer 15

Well so we have 18x and -42
Put them together
18x - 42 = 2

Answer 16

When you solve for a variable you want to get it by itself

Answer 17

OMG!! Its D, right?

Answer 18

So to do that first we've got to move -42 to the other side and whenever you move anything you do the opposite so since on one side it is -42, you would do +42
18x - 42 + 42 = 2 + 42
18x + 0 = 44
See how the 42 is gone from the left?

Answer 19

Yep correct

Answer 20

Thank You so much, your a life saver!

Answer 21

You're welcome :}