document.write( "Question 424185: Can you help me to solve: 3(x-1)-2{x-(2x+7)}
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document.write( "3(x - 1) - 2[x - (2x + 7)]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the first innermost parentheses which is 3(x - 1), \r\n" );
document.write( "so rewrite it as 3x - 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 3 - 2[x - (2x + 7)]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the  innermost parentheses which is -(2x + 7), \r\n" );
document.write( "so rewrite it as -2x - 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 3 - 2[x - 2x - 7]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, inside the bracket, combine x - 2x as -x\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 3 - 2[-x - 7]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the bracket of -2[-x - 7] as +2x + 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 3  + 2x + 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "Swap the two middle terms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 2x - 3 + 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 11\r\n" );
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