document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=26958>Question 26958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I AM HAVING TROUBLE SIMPLIFYING THIS EQUATION<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2a(3a-5b)-2b(6a-b) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "to simplify you must distribute the numbers outside the parathensis to the numbers inside the parathensis. distribute means multiply.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply 2a x 3a that gives you 6a^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mulitply 2a x -5b that gives you -10ab   now you have 6a^2-10ab\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply -2b x 6a that gives you -12ab<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply -2b x -b that gives you 2b^2   now you have -12ab+2b^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the whole equation is 6a^2-10ab-12ab+2b^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "just combine like terms.(like terms are numbers that have the same variable and the same exponent) the answer is 6a^2-22ab+2b^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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