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

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T04:14:25

The answer is $3x+3/2$ .

Simplify: $3(x+1 1/2)-3$

Convert $1 1/2$ to the improper fraction $3/2$ .

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

Expand $3(x+3/2)$ using the distributive property.

$3x+9/2-3$

Multiply $-3$ by $2/2$ to produce a fraction with the common denominator $2$ .

$3x+9/2-6/2$

Subtract $6/2$ from $9/2$ .

$3x+3/2$

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