SOLUTION: (48a+b)-(-22a-6b) how do i do this? do I take it like this: (48a+22a)-(b-6b) and how does it become 70a+9b?

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Question 373779: (48a+b)-(-22a-6b) how do i do this? do I take it like this: (48a+22a)-(b-6b) and how does it become 70a+9b?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the distributive property for the second term,





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