How do you simplify $9(3x + 5) + 16$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-13T15:53:42

$27x+61$

Given: $" "9(3xcolor(magenta)(+)5)+16$

Everything inside the bracket is multiplied by 9

So we have:

$(color(blue)(9xx3x))color(magenta)(+)(color(green)(9xx5))+16$

$color(blue)(27x)color(magenta)(+)color(green)(45)+16$

$27x+61$

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