How do you combine like terms in #4c - 3( c + 16) - 4( 2c - 3)#?

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Suren Abreu
Dec 21, 2016

#-7c-36#

Explanation:

#4c-3(c+16)-4(2c-3)#

Open the brackets and group like terms with their preceding signs. The multiplication of a negative and a positive results in a negative; the multiplication of two negatives results in a positive.

#4c-3c-48-8c+12#

#4c-3c-8c-48+12#

#-7c-36#

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