How do you simplify $-4d+2 (3+d)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T05:30:14

$-2d + 6$

Here's how I did it:

First, we have to distribute/expand out $2(3+d)$ :

$2 * 3 = 6$

$2 * d = 2d$

Now we put this back into the expression:
$-4d + 6 + 2d$

We can still simplify this since $-4d$ and $2d$ are like terms:
$-2d + 6$

Hope this helps!

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