Asked by Hannah

Consider the solution to the linear equation.

5 (x + 6) = 50. 5 x + 30 = 50. 5 x = 20. x = 4.

Which describes the inverse operations used after the distributive property?
addition then division
subtraction then division
multiplication then subtraction
division then addition

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Subtraction then division.

You subtract 30 from both sides (undoing the +30) to get 5x = 20, then divide by 5 to get x = 4.