SOLUTION: Simplify 3b-(-12-b)

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Question 479661: Simplify

3b-(-12-b)

Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3b-(-12-b)
distributing the negative sign to each term inside the ():
3b+12+b
group like-terms:
(3b+b)+12
4b+12

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