Question

How do you simplify `(3x + 2)(x - 1) + 4x`?

Answer 1

`3x^2+3x-2`

Explanation:

We multiply out the terms in the parentheses first which gives us:
(3x+2)(x-1)= `3x^2-3x+2x-2`

Now we just add/subtract the like terms:
`(3x^2-3x+2x-2)`+4x = `3x^2+3x-2`