Question

What should be the first step to solve the equation?

Answer 1

Answer:

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

You will need to get rid of the parenthesis to make the problem easier for you to work with. Since there is a number in front of the parenthesis, you will need to distribute that to both numbers in the parenthesis.

For this example, you would multiply the 9 to both the x and -1, and then 8 to both 2x and 2.