How do you simplify $5 x + 6 (x - 2) - 8 (x - 3)$ $5x+6(x -2)-8(x-3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T13:10:07

$3 (x + 4)$ $3(x+4)$

Expand out brackets to get:
$5 x + 6 x - 12 - 8 x + 24$ $5x+6x-12-8x+24$

Combine like terms to get:
$3 x + 12$ $3x+12$

Factorise to get:
$3 (x + 4)$ $3(x+4)$

How do you simplify 5x+6(x -2)-8(x-3)5x+6(x−2)−8(x−3)5x+6(x -2)-8(x-3)?