Simplify 6(3x-8x^3+x-4x^3)

$6 (3 x - 8 x^{3} + x - 4 x^{3})$

Step 1

Add $3 x$ and $x$ .

$6 (- 8 x^{3} + 4 x - 4 x^{3})$

Step 2

Subtract $4 x^{3}$ from $- 8 x^{3}$ .

$6 (- 12 x^{3} + 4 x)$

Step 3

Apply the distributive property.

$6 (- 12 x^{3}) + 6 (4 x)$

Step 4

Multiply.

Multiply $- 12$ by $6$ .

$- 72 x^{3} + 6 (4 x)$

Multiply $4$ by $6$ .

$- 72 x^{3} + 24 x$

$- 72 x^{3} + 24 x$

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