Question

How do you simplify x-(2+4x)?

Answer 1

`-3x-2`

Explanation:

first we have to get rid of the parentheses.
because there's a negative sign in front, all the values inside the parentheses switch sign (you can also think of this as distributing a negative one)
`x-2-4x`

Then, combine like terms
`-3x-2`