How do you simplify $4x-(6-3x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-05T17:14:52

Use the distributive property.

The distributive property states that $a(b+c)=a*b+a*c$ . Let's use that on our parentheses in the problem:

$-(6-3x)=-1*6+ -1*-3x=-6+3x$

Our expression now reads:

$4x-6+3x$

Next, let's simplify our expression to get our answer:

$4x-6+3x=7x-6$

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