Question

I need help with this

Answer 1

First, do you know PEMDAS, and the distributive property

Answer 2

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @snowflake0531
First, do you know PEMDAS, and the distributive property
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No I was Absent when they taught about it.

Answer 3

Okay, and btw, don't quote me lol, I know when you answer, I already get a notification

Answer 4

Lol okay

Answer 5

Do you know how to combine like terms

Answer 6

I do but idk how to explain it

Answer 7

Like explain how to do it ;-;

Answer 8

So, before even doing anything, in the equation
-4x - 6(2y-4x) +4x
What can you right off the hand cancel out?

Answer 9

uH- The ( )

Answer 10

No.
look at the beginning and at the end of the thing
You see -4x and 4x, right? Can you combine them? What do they equal?

Answer 11

-16x

Answer 12

No. What is -4x+4x

Answer 13

OhHhHHHh- -8x i think

Answer 14

or 0 idk ;-;

Answer 15

It's 0
btw, do you know how to add or subtract negative numbers?

Answer 16

Yes ;-; I get confused easily tho lol

Answer 17

Okay, so now that we established that we can cancel out the before and the after
we have
-6(2y-4x)
Can you distribute this out?

Answer 18

-12y-4x?

Answer 19

a(b-c)
=ab-ac
you did ab-c
you need ab- a times c

Answer 20

So, what's the answer?

Answer 21

Uh.....

Answer 22

Lemme grab paper rq lol

Answer 23

OH -24x RIGHT

Answer 24

I got to eat dinner- I will dm you when I come back-

Answer 25

mhmmm... what is -4x * -6
Note that there are two negatives

Answer 26

And as a friend recently told me, there's something called an odd-even rule, let me quote

Answer 27

"The odd-even rule is used when you have to multiply more than two numbers. You count the negative signs, right? And if there are an odd number of negative signs, your answer is negative. If there's an even number of negative signs - your answer is positive" - not gonna tell you who

Answer 28

So, what is -4x * -6

Answer 29

Okay. But I gotta go eat dinner really quick .o. but the answer is 24x

Answer 30

Yes, so there's your answer
-12y+24x

Answer 31

Thanks!

Answer 32

Yw~

Answer 33

Btw can you close this please?