Question

How do you expand `3(x+5)`?

Answer 1

`3x + 15`

Explanation:

To expand `3(x + 5)` you distribute or multiple each term within the parenthesis by the term out side the parenthesis, in this case `3`.

`3(x + 5) => (3 xx x) + (3 xx 5) => 3x + 15`