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Here's an unshmoopy question you might have seen in your nightmares...

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Which equation is equivalent to 1/3 times 6 minus 3x... minus 2 times 8 plus 4x… equals 3?

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And here are the potential answers...

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So... what is this question asking?

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This one is really just about simplifying a lot of terms.

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So... let's.

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We are really just distributing multipliers, which look like this, being careful with the negatives...

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...and we get 6 over 3, which is 2.

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Then we get negative 3x over 3, or just negative x when you cancel out the threes.

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That gives us 2 minus x minus 16...

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minus 8x...

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which equals 3.

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We've got -14 on the left now... and negative 9x...

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...so we have negative 9x minus 14 equals 3.

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And there we go. Our answer is C.

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As in, "Careful."

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