Simplify 8(x + 6) - 10 user:
simplify 10(2x + 3) - 20.

 8x +38  and 20x + 10

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, when simplifying an expression, the first thing to look for is whether you can clear any parentheses. Often, you can use the distributive property to clear parentheses, by multiplying the factors times the terms inside the parentheses. In this expression, we can use the distributive property to get rid of the parentheses.

8(x + 6) - 10  

8x + 48- 10  

Finally, we look for any constants that we can combine. Here, we have the constants 48 and 10. We can combine them to get 38.

8x +38  

For the second expression:

10(2x + 3) – 20

20x +30¬- 20

20x + 10

because they could drop even lower..