document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=520539>Question 520539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am really stuggling in Elementary and Intermediate Algebra. Math does not come very easily for me. I am stuck on equations and the distributive problems. I just dont understand why a problem like this.......<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%283n-2%29=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%283n-2%29=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. I dont understand why the negative two that is in parenethis will change to positve. I just dont get understand the concept. Do you have any recommendations on how to apply this information and to help me understand math a little better. I am tring to learn as I go and I am not having much luck. Please if  you have any information I would greatly appreciate it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #346102 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=346102\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> distributing the -2 outside the parentheses means multiplying it by each term inside\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "terms are separated by + or - signs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2 times the term 3n is -6n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2 times the term -2 is +4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6n + 4 = 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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