Yes she meet ed her goal because if you do 4,497(total gallons)/281 (the gallons she wanted to use) you get 16.
Answer: 
Step-by-step explanation:
You need to remember the Distributive property:

And the multiplication of signs:

Therefore, applying the explained before, to simplify the expression
you need to multiply each term that are inside of the parentheses by -2, then you get:

Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number be x,
2(4+x)= 4x-6
8+2x= 4x-6
Collect like terms
8+6. = 4x-2x
14 = 2x
x = 14/2
x.=. 7
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