What is 2/3(3x+6)-3

Question

I need ti know how to write it in standard form

Answer 1

Standard form means that you have x and y on one side of the equation and constant on the other. An example of such would be the following:

2x + 3y = 12

The problem here is that you do not have an equation, but an expression -- that is, there is nothing that the formula is equal to.

At most you can do would be to simplify it. Start by distributing:

²/₃ * 3x + ²/₃ * 6 - 3

Order of operations has us mult/div first, so we factor out:

²/₁ * x + ²/₁ * 2 - 3

2x + 4 - 3

Subtract:

2x + 1