Science

Math

Humanities

... and beyond

Socratic Meta
Featured Answers

Topics

How do you simplify $3 (x + 4)$ $3(x+4)$ ?

1 Answer

Apr 27, 2016

Use the distributive property to get
$XXX 3 (x + 4) = 3 x + 12$ $color(white)("XXX")3(x+4)=color(blue)(3x+12)$

Explanation:

The distributive property tells us that
$XXX a \times (b + c) = (a \times b) + (a \times c)$ $color(white)("XXX")axx(b+c) = (axxb)+(axxc)$

Therefore
$XXX 3 (x + 4) = (3 \times x) + (3 \times 4) = 3 x + 12$ $color(white)("XXX")3(x+4) = (3xxx)+(3xx4) = 3x+12$

Related questions

See all questions in Expressions and the Distributive Property

Impact of this question

6343 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License