How do you simplify $- 6 (2 u - 1)$ $-6(2u - 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-18T22:02:53

$- 12 u + 6$ $-12u +6$

The terms in the bracket are not like terms, so we can't do the bracket first!

However we can use the distributive law and multiply the neg 6 by each term inside the bracket:

$- 6 (2 u - 1)$ $-6(2u -1)$

$- 12 u + 6$ $-12u +6$

How do you simplify −6(2u−1)-6(2u - 1)?