Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}8x+7x+3-2x-3x\cdot6& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}8x+7x+3-2x-18x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-5x+3\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | $$ 3 x \cdot 6 = 18 x $$ |
| ② | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{8x} + \color{red}{7x} +3 \color{green}{-2x} \color{green}{-18x} = \color{green}{-5x} +3 $$ |