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

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-16T18:33:38

See entire simplification below:

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

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

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

$3x - 27$

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