Question

Find the sum or difference.9(x-4)+(2x-14)

Answer 1

`9(x-4)+(2x-14)`

1. You need to remove the parenthesis, each term or symbol outside of the parenthesis affect each term inside the parenthesis:

`\begin{gathered} =9x-(9\cdot4)+2x-14 \\ =9x-36+2x-14 \\ \end{gathered}`

2. You add or substract similar terms:

`=11x-50`