CAHSEE Math 2.4 Algebra I

So... let's.

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

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

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

That gives us 2 minus x minus 16...

minus 8x...

which equals 3.

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

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

And there we go. Our answer is C.

As in, "Careful."