Question

How do you simplify `9(3x + 5) + 16`?

Answer 1

`27x+61`

Explanation:

Given:`" "9(3xcolor(magenta)(+)5)+16`

Everything inside the bracket is multiplied by 9

So we have:

`(color(blue)(9xx3x))color(magenta)(+)(color(green)(9xx5))+16`

`color(blue)(27x)color(magenta)(+)color(green)(45)+16`

`27x+61`