You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is an equation that can be solved by using PEMDAS (order of operations).
Step 1: Distribute the '8' to the parenthesis.
Step 2: Put like terms together to make it easier to solve
Step 3: Combine like terms
The most simplified version of the equation is
You can write the equation like or
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Let's begin like we did with the first and distribute the '-9' to the parenthesis.
Step 1: Distribute the '-9' to the parenthesis
Remember: A negative (-) times a positive (+) = a negative (-)... A negative (-) times a negative (-) = a positive (+)
Step 2: Combine like terms
All of these numbers have the same variable, so the answer will be one single term.
Let's take it one step at a time.
Step 3: Combine the last like terms to get the answer
The answer is
