How do you simplify #-4d+2 (3+d)#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T05:30:14

#-2d + 6#

Here's how I did it:

First, we have to distribute/expand out #2(3+d)#:

#2 * 3 = 6#

#2 * d = 2d#

Now we put this back into the expression:
#-4d + 6 + 2d#

We can still simplify this since #-4d# and #2d# are like terms:
#-2d + 6#

Hope this helps!