Mirian C. answered 11/15/20
I'm guessing you are just trying to simply
Need to use order of operations which is also known as PEMDAS
PEMDAS represents
- Parenthesis,
- Exponents,
- Multiplication,
- Divide,
- Add,
- Subtract
Need to do PEMDAS in order from left to right but there is an exception and that's if division comes before multiplication then you divide first instead of multiplying. This is also true for adding and subtracting so if you are looking from left to right and something needs to be subtracted then you subtract first. This is all after you looking inside the parenthesis and you have solved the exponents
First you need to combine what's inside of the parenthesis.
-6(-4d-8.3+3d)
-6(-d-8.3) <----- distribute the -6 to both -d and -8.3
6d+49.8 <----- negative times a negative we get a positive
You don't solve for "d" because it is not an equation there is no equal sign "="
Final answer is 6d+49.8
William H.
Thanks11/16/20