Expand and simplify 3(x-2) -2(x+2)

Notice that the questions specifies that you should expand and simplify. This means expanding the equations is a good idea. To expand the equation, we will start by expanding each brackets.

3(x-2)-2(x+2)

=3x-6-2x-4

=3x-2x-10

=x-10

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