You bought 12 items at an art supply store. each tube of paint costs $1 and each paint brush costs $0.50. you spent a total of $10, how many paint brushes did you buy?

22 paint brushes and 1 paint tube or if 23 brushes and no paint tubes

(X-4)(2x+3)

Multiply the second parentheses by each term from the first parentheses

X(2x+3)-4(2x+3)

Distribute x through the parentheses

2x^2+3x-4(2x+3)

Distribute -4 through the parentheses

2x^2+3x-8x-12

Collect like terms

2x^2-5x-12

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