Question 970693
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3&#8731;(2a)-6&#8731;(2a)

Those are LIKE TERMS:

That's just like 

3x-6x are LIKE terms.

It's just that instead of a simple x you have a complicated  &#8731;(2a)

But that doesn't make the problem any more complicated.

Just as 

the answer to 3x-6x is -3x, because they are LIKE TERMS, and
you just combine coefficients 3-6 and get -3, and then put x after that,

the answer to 3&#8731;(2a)-6&#8731;(2a) is -3&#8731;(2a), because they are LIKE TERMS, and
you just combine coefficients 3-6 and get -3, and then put &#8731;(2a) after that.

Therefore 3&#8731;(2a)-6&#8731;(2a) is just -3&#8731;(2a)

Edwin</pre>