How do you simplify $3a+b-6(a-2b)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-11T14:43:38

You can distribute $-6$ into $(a - 2b)$ , then proceed with the simplifying operations.

$-3a + 13b$ .

$3a+b-6(a-2b)" "$ Using the distributive property, you will get :

$-6(a-2b) =-6a + 12b$ .

So in total, you have $3a +b -6a+12b$ , right?

Do the necessary simplifying and you'll get

$-3a + 13b$ .

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