How do you solve? 2z - 2z(1 + 3) = 48

First, we want to distribute the 2z to what's in the parentheses:

Then we need to distribute the negative sign outside of the parentheses in order to make it easier to solve and combine like terms:

Now we combine like terms. The '2z' and '-2z' cancel each other out, so:

Then we solve for z by dividing by -6 on both sides:

So now we know that z = -8.

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.