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McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012

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Exercise 2 Page 3

Recall the Distributive Property.

2x+6

We will begin simplifying by distributing the 2 to the terms inside the parentheses.

2(3+x)

Distribute 2

6+2x

CommutativePropAdd

Commutative Property of Addition

2x+6

Since 2x and 6 are not like terms, the expression cannot be simplified any further.