I encourage you to utilize the reference problems that you have been given already to tackle this problem. Below is the link to those reference problems:
1. https://web2.0calc.com/questions/3x-6y-x-3-y-6
2. https://web2.0calc.com/questions/please-answer-asap_5
3. https://web2.0calc.com/questions/please-answer-asap-please
These are just a few reference problems that you can use!
Upon further review, it appears as if the answer I provided for the second question got flagged for something. Luckily for you, though, you have a myriad of problems to refer to anyway.
Order of operations is a strict set of rules that dictate how to evaluate any expression. I have laid the order of operations out for you:
1. Simplify within grouping symbols such as parentheses or brackets from left to right.
2. Simplify exponents from left to right.
3. Perform multiplication or division, whichever operation comes first from left to right.
4. Perform addition or subtraction, whichever operation comes first from left to right.
If something is higher on the list, then it has greater priority. Let's apply this knowledge to this particular problem:
\(-17+(\textcolor{red}{18-14})-(-14)\) | First, do what is in parentheses first, as that is given the highest priority. |
\(-17+4\textcolor{red}{-(-14)}\) | -(-14) is an example of multiplication, which is now the highest priority. |
\(\textcolor{red}{-17+4}+14\) | It is time to perform addition. Since there are two instances of addition, the order of operations states that we must perform that from left to right. |
\(\textcolor{red}{-13+14}\) | This is the only simplification that is left to do. |
\(1\) | |
All that is necessary is some simplifying. That's all.
\(2(3-\sqrt{3})-3(1-\sqrt{3})=a+b\sqrt{3}\) | Let's simplify the left-hand side as much as possible and see if there is any parallelism. The first step is to distribute. |
\(6-2\sqrt{3}-3+3\sqrt{3}=a+b\sqrt{3}\) | Now, combine like terms together. |
\(\)\(\textcolor{red}{3}+\textcolor{blue}{1}\sqrt{3}=\textcolor{red}{a}+\textcolor{blue}{b}\sqrt{3}\) | I have used colors to highlight the parallelism between the left-hand side and the right-hand side. This means that I have written the original expression in the desired form, \(a+b\sqrt{3}\) |