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On-air walkthrough: distributing and combining like terms yields -23x - 5 in example
5868912 · October 3, 2025
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Summary
Hosts demonstrated distribution and combining like terms with the example -5(3x + 1 - 8x), showing stepwise multiplication and that the fully simplified expression is -23x - 5.
In a focused example the hosts applied the distributive property and then combined like terms. Canelo Paredo walked listeners through multiplying the outside coefficient, saying "negative 5 times 3x ... smash on the x," and recorded the intermediate products as -15x and -5, then brought down the remaining -8x from the…
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