SOLUTION: I'm in pre-algebra and have to simplify by clearing the paraentheses and combining like terms and I just don't get this problem. -1/2(10q-2)+1/3(2-3q) I did this so far, -1/2*10

Question 729381: I'm in pre-algebra and have to simplify by clearing the paraentheses and combining like terms and I just don't get this problem. -1/2(10q-2)+1/3(2-3q)
I did this so far,
-1/2*10/1=-10/2q -1/2*2/1=2/2
1/3*2/1 =2/6 1/3*(-3q)=3/3q
-10/2q+3/3q must be -30/6+ 6/6=-24/6q
2/6+(-3/3) would be 2/6+(-6/6q)=-4/6
so my answer is
-24/6q + -4/6
It just doens't seem right to me
Answer by Simnepi(216) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you are almost correct lets do the first bracket term by term
being careful when multiplying positive and negative numbers together
= -5q
= 1
giving us -5q + 1
now we'll consider the second bracket

= -q
putting these together gives

simplifying gives

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