document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=567960>Question 567960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you do this for me please<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5[2-3(6x-1)] <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Im not sure how you do this </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #366826 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=366826\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5[2-3(6x-1)] <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you need to resolve -3(6x-1) first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that becomes -3 * 6x - 3*-1 which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-18x + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-18x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(-18x+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-90x + 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that should be your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to confirm that this answer is good, let x be any value that's easy to calculate and then solve the original equation and the final equation using that value of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the answer from the original equation is the same as the answer from the final equation, then you did good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this case, i'll let x = 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the original equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-3(6x-1))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace x with 2 and the equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-3(6*2-1)) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-3(12-1)) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-3(11) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2-33) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(-31) which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-155\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the final equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-90x+25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace x with 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-90*2+25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-180+25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify further to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-155\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answers from the original equation and the final equation are the same so you can reasonably assume that the answer is correct.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "final equation is -90x+24\r<BR>\n" );
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