document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13370>Question 13370</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2 [k-3(4-2k)] = 2(k-3) + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you plese help with this eqaution?\r<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 #6755 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=akmb1215><B>akmb1215(68)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=akmb1215><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6755\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First of all, you need to do the distributive property as many times as necessary to get rid of parentheses. By doing this, you will get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%28k-12%2B6k%29=2k-6%2B3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%28k-12%2B6k%29=2k-6%2B3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now that you have that, add like terms to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14k-24+=+2k-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14k-24+=+2k-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Move everything with a k to one side of the equal sign and everything without a k to the other side of the equal sign to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12k+=+21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12k+=+21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Divide by 12 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=k=%2821%2F12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"k=%2821%2F12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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