Question

What is 5 (x-4) + 3x - 9x + 7?

Answer 1

-x - 13

Explanation:

5(x-4) + 3x - 9x + 7

First we use the distributive property to remove the parenthesis

5x -20 + 3x - 9x + 7

then we combine the like terms

-x - 13