How do you simplify #2x +5(6x-4)+ 1#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-11T09:43:14

We simplify this expression using the PEMDAS rule
(Parentheses > Exponents > Mult and Div > Add and Subtract)

#color(red)(2x +5(6x-4)+ 1# is the expression given to us.

We Multiply terms before we perform the Addition

# = 2x +(5*6x)+(5*-4)+ 1#
( We used the Distributive Property of Multiplication)

# = 2x + 30x - 20 + 1#

# = (2x + 30x) - (20 - 1)#

#color(green)( = 32x - 19#