SOLUTION: (-6b - 2)(-3b) how to simplify the variable expression

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Question 783651: (-6b - 2)(-3b) how to simplify the variable expression
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(-6b - 2)(-3b)

-6b*(-3b) - 2*(-3b)

18b^2 + 6b