document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=479661>Question 479661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3b-(-12-b) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "distributing the negative sign to each term inside the ():<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b+12+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "group like-terms:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3b+b)+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4b+12<BR>\n" );
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