How do you simplify $1/3(9x - 6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-25T08:46:11

$3x-2$

Multiply everything inside the bracket by $color(blue)(1/3)$

So $color(brown)(color(blue)(1/3)( 9x-6) " "=" " (9x)/(color(blue)(3))-6/(color(blue)(3))$

$=3x-2$

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