Question

Evaluate 3(x-1)+2 when x=5

A) 4

B) 16

C) 14

D) 18

Answer 1

The answer would be C. 14

Answer 2

!6 is the answer. If we use the distributive property, we get 3x-1 which is 15-1=14. Then, we simply add two, to get us to 16.

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