How do you simplify $2( x - 1) + 2x + 3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-14T16:15:20

$=>4x+1$

$2(x-1)+2x+3$

We first distribute the $2$ into the quantity $x-1$ :

$2x - 2 +2x+3$

Now, we combine like-terms:

$color(blue)(2x) color(red)(-2) + color(blue)(2x) + color(red)3$

$=>4x+1$

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