Question

How do you simplify `3(x - 9)`?

Answer 1

See entire simplification below:

Explanation:

Multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

`color(red)(3)(color(blue)(x) - color(blue)(9))`

`(color(red)(3) xx color(blue)(x)) - (color(red)(3) xx color(blue)(9))`

`3x - 27`