These tiles represent the expression 3(


x+2).
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Which expression is equivalent to 3(

x+2)?

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 hour ago

To simplify the expression \( 3(-x + 2) \), you need to distribute the \( 3 \) across the terms inside the parentheses:

\[ 3(-x + 2) = 3 \cdot (-x) + 3 \cdot 2 \]

Calculating each part:

  1. \( 3 \cdot (-x) = -3x \)
  2. \( 3 \cdot 2 = 6 \)

Putting it all together gives:

\[ 3(-x + 2) = -3x + 6 \]

So the expression equivalent to \( 3(-x + 2) \) is:

\[ -3x + 6 \]