Youll need to distribute the coefficients in front of the parentheses-3x-412x-428. But within the parentheses we have multiplication and addition and we have to remember that we do the multiplication first. The punctuation marks in the math equation 2x 46 are an example of parenthesis.
When it comes to evaluating expressions that contain parentheses you can follow these steps.
Example 2 30 - 20 9 6 - 3. Which parts of the equation will you solve first. Solve for the variable-3x462x-78. The parts inside the parentheses should be solved first.