1. Simplifying Expressions
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2. x + 6
4a + 6ab + 7b
1.1x + 6.7y + 4x2

3. Example 1: Simplify
x + x + x + x + x 5x

4. Example 2: Simplify 2(x + 6) + 3x 2x + 12 + 3x 5x + 12
Do the distributive property to simplify first.
2x x
5x + 12
Combine like terms.

5. Example 3: Simplify
5(2x - 6) + 14x + 50
Distribute
10x – x + 50
Combine like terms
24x + 20

6. Practice
Simplify
g + g + g
3(a + 5) + 2a + 7
9(3x – 8) + 100
5(2x – 5) + 4x 3g
5a + 22
27x + 28
14x - 25

7. Closure
Explain to someone who was absent how to simplify 2x + 6(3x + 8) – 5.