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How do you simplify $2[3y-4(x+2)]+ 2(x+y)$ ?

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Mar 21, 2018

$-6x+8y-16$

Explanation:

$2[3y-4(x+2)]+2(x+y)$

$=2(3y-4x-8)+2x+2y$

$=6y-8x-16+2x+2y$

$=-6x+8y-16$

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