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Printjmc
prealgebra senior
Problem
Simplify to a much simpler expression of the form , where and are positive integers.
Solution
We need to simplify the given expression. Let's start by simplifying the inside of the parenthesis on the left part of the expression. Next we can distribute the 3 to get which equals . The left part looks simplified so now we can focus on the right part. Let's subtract what's in the left parentheses then distribute.
Final answer
13p-30