SOLUTION: 2(p+3)-4 answer 2p+2 How do they get the answer?

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Question 660386: 2(p+3)-4
answer 2p+2
How do they get the answer?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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2%28p%2B3%29-4 use distribution to expand the first term
%282p+%2B+6%29+-+4 now use association to group like terms (group the constants together in this case)
2p+%2B+%286-4%29 simplify
2p+%2B+2+