Question

What are the first 4 steps that can be used to correctly rewrite this polynomial? 3(x+4y) +5(2x-y)

Answer 1

Hope this helps, I went all the way to the solution since theres really only 5 steps

Answer 2

Distribute multiplication over addition and subtraction:
3x+ 12y+10x-5y
Combine like terms:
13 x +7y