document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=289536>Question 289536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the equivalent to <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a + 4b - (-6a - 3b)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and how do you get to the answer? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are many equivalents not just \"the\" equivalent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "An equivalent is 6a+8b-(-12a-6b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but I suspect that is not what you really meant to ask.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply everything in the parentheses by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because 3a + 4b - (-6a - 3b) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "means 3a + 4b -1* (-6a - 3b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Work out (-1)*-6a)+(-1*)*(-3b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then add that to 3a+4b </SPAN>\n" );
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