Question

How do you simplify `2(6x+4)+7x`?

Answer 1

`5x+8`

Explanation:

Use the distributive property to simplify the first term.

`2(6x+4)+7x=2*6x+2*4+7x`

`=12x+8-7x`

Because you have two like terms (`x`), you can simplify them by subtracting the coefficients.

`12x-7x+8=5x+8`

`5x+8` is the simplified version.