What is the first step to simplify the expression 5x – x(2 – 3x) + 2?
2 answers:
Answer:
"distribute to the terms inside the parentheses"
Step-by-step explanation:
- The first step in any expression like this is going to be simplifying inside the parenthesis.
- Next would be to square/cube any parenthesis.
- Then, we can distribute.
- Then combine like terms.
Looking at this specific problem, we see that the terms inside parenthesis are ALREADY SIMPLIFIED, so disregard this step.
There aren't any square/cube to EXPAND, so disregard this step as well.
There IS DISTRIBUTION in this problem. Distributing -x with the term inside the parenthesis, (2-3x). Hence, distribution should be the FIRST STEP of this problem.
Fourth answer choice is right.
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