Simplifying Expressions

[grizzled umbra]

where am i going wrong? been stuck for a while

[dusky nexus]

Thhere's no brackets around 6x - x
So It's only (x) × (2 - x)
Not (6x - x) × (2 - x)

[grizzled umbra]

I was always under the impression that you can times something together if it has a bracket around it. E.g 2(3) = (2)(3)

[dusky nexus]

Yeah that example would work but if you did

3 - 2(4)
It would be like this:
3 - (2)(4)
3 - 8 = -5

Not like this:
3 - 2(4)
(3 - 2)(4) = 4

Because each term is always separated by + or -. You can't just put a bracket around 2 terms when there's not a bracket there in the question

If you get what I'm saying

[grizzled umbra]

i understood, nice example

[grizzled umbra]

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