Melanie walked her dog 2 1/5 miles. Cathy walked her dog 1 3/4 times as far as Melanie did. How many more miles did Cathy walk h
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Answer: A. Distribute the 3 outside of the parathesis to everything inside the parenthesis
We use the order of operations, also known as PEMDAS.
Since there is a variable inside the parenthesis, we cannot add/subtract 4. This means the next step is to distribute.
After distributing, the equation looks like this and we can solve it from there:
4x + 12 = 30
