How do you simplify $-w + 4 (w + 3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-11T05:35:10

$3w + 12$

$-w+4(w+3)$

To simplify this, first use the distributive property (shown below) to simplify/expand $4(w+3)$ :
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Following this image, we know that:
$color(blue)(4(w+3) = (4 * w) + (4 * 3) = 4w + 12)$

Put it back into the expression:
$-w + 4w + 12$

Combine the like terms $color(blue)(-w)$ and $color(blue)(4w)$ :
$3w + 12$

Hope this helps!

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