Wich of the following properties was used for 3 (x+2) = 3x+6

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1 January, 19:59

Wich of the following properties was used for 3 (x+2) = 3x+6

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Compton · Answer 1

you will want to have a good understanding of these properties to make the problems in ... Here, the same problem is worked by grouping 5 and 6 first, 5 + 6 = 11 ... "three times the variable x" can be written in a number of ways: 3x, 3 (x), or 3 · x ... Use the distributive property to evaluate the expression 5 (2x - 3) when x = 2.

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Coach · Answer 2

The distributive property tells us that if were given an expression such as 3 (x + 2), we can multiply the 3 by both the x and the 2 to get 3x + 6.