How do you simplify $2x +5(6x-4)+ 1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-11T09:43:14

We simplify this expression using the PEMDAS rule
(Parentheses > Exponents > Mult and Div > Add and Subtract)

$color(red)(2x +5(6x-4)+ 1$ is the expression given to us.

We Multiply terms before we perform the Addition

$= 2x +(5*6x)+(5*-4)+ 1$
( We used the Distributive Property of Multiplication)

$= 2x + 30x - 20 + 1$

$= (2x + 30x) - (20 - 1)$

$color(green)( = 32x - 19$

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