document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093747>Question 1093747</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to simplify 7+2[3(x+1)-2(3x+1)] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember the order of operations. PEMDAS = Parenthesis, Exponents,  Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is BODMAS if you are in the UK, Australia, and other countries where parenthesis are called brackets: Brackets, Orders, Division Multiplication, etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start from the inside:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x+1)-2(3x+1) Distribute the 3 and the 2 (Distributive Properties of Multiplication):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+3-6x+1 = 4-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7+2(4-3x) = 7+8-6x = 15-6x </SPAN>\n" );
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