How do you simplify $5x+6(x -2)-8(x-3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T13:10:07

$3(x+4)$

Expand out brackets to get:
$5x+6x-12-8x+24$

Combine like terms to get:
$3x+12$

Factorise to get:
$3(x+4)$

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