How do you simplify #3(2b-a)-(2a-b)#?
1 Answer
Oct 23, 2016
#color(darkblue)(7b-5a)#
Explanation:
Simplify by distributing.
First take
#color(orange)3(color(green)(2b)-color(red)a) = (color(orange)3)(color(green)(2b)) - (color(orange)3)(color(red)a)#
Now simplify.
#color(blue)(6b) - color(blue)(3a)#
At this point, we have simplified as much as possible in the first parentheses. We can move on to the
There is a subtraction sign in between the two binomials, so we can take that and distribute it across as a negative sign. Remember:
#color(blue)(6b-3a) - color(purple)(2a+b)#
Now combine like terms.
#color(darkblue)(7b-5a)#