SOLUTION: Simplify: 3(x-1) - 2(-x+2)

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Question 105214: Simplify: 3(x-1) - 2(-x+2)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify: 3%28x-1%29+-+2%28-x%2B2%29
+3%28x-1%29+-+2%28-x%2B2%29 first look at +3%28x-1%29 and +-2%28-x%2B2%29; expande term 3 by using associative property on %28x-1%29, and expande term -2 by using associative property on %28-x%2B2%29.
then you have
3x+-+3+%2B+2x+-+4
which is equal to
5x+-+7