I did not use the distributive property. I used multiplication and simplification.
The second question is not an equation, there is no equal sign. What do you want to do with it.?
It can be simplified to look like this,
6a - 1
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Welcome to the forum. I am assuming you want to solve for t?
Expand it out.
Add 1 to both sides.
Add 7t to both sides.
Add 11 to both sides.
Divide both sides by -18.
Thank you very much. In your first step, of expanding it out, could you give me your step-by-step equations, with the distributive property as well? I would really appreciate it, as I have always had issues with the distributive property.
]]>Welcome to the forum. I am assuming you want to solve for t?
Expand it out.
Add 1 to both sides.
Add 7t to both sides.
Add 11 to both sides.
Divide both sides by -18.
]]>First Question:
2(t - 2) - 3(3t - 1) = 8 - 5(5t + 4)
Second Question:
-2(a - 2) - [3 - 2 (4a - 1)]
I am not that great at using the Distributive Property on equations with more than 3 terms. I can perform (below) easily.
2 (t - 4)
2(t) + 2(-4)
But not (below)
2(9 - 5 [-4x - 3])