SOLUTION: I'm in pre-algebra and have to simplify by clearing the paraentheses and combining like terms and I just don't get this problem. -1/2(10q-2)+1/3(2-3q)
I did this so far,
-1/2*10
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-> SOLUTION: I'm in pre-algebra and have to simplify by clearing the paraentheses and combining like terms and I just don't get this problem. -1/2(10q-2)+1/3(2-3q)
I did this so far,
-1/2*10
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Question 729381: I'm in pre-algebra and have to simplify by clearing the paraentheses and combining like terms and I just don't get this problem. -1/2(10q-2)+1/3(2-3q)
I did this so far,
-1/2*10/1=-10/2q -1/2*2/1=2/2
1/3*2/1 =2/6 1/3*(-3q)=3/3q
-10/2q+3/3q must be -30/6+ 6/6=-24/6q
2/6+(-3/3) would be 2/6+(-6/6q)=-4/6
so my answer is
-24/6q + -4/6
It just doens't seem right to me Answer by Simnepi(216) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! you are almost correct lets do the first bracket term by term
being careful when multiplying positive and negative numbers together = -5q = 1
giving us -5q + 1
now we'll consider the second bracket = -q
putting these together gives
simplifying gives
