SOLUTION: please help me with this 3-6[2x-(8x+3)-6]+9

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Question 66909: please help me with this
3-6[2x-(8x+3)-6]+9

Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
please help me with this
3-6[2x-(8x+3)-6]+9
Start with the innermost parens/brackets first!!!
3-6[2x-8x-3-6]+9 collect like terms inside the brackets
3-6[-6x-9]+9 eliminate brackets
3+36x+54+9 collect like terms again
36x+66=
6(6x+11)

Hope this helps----ptaylor