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Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression below? 4(5x + 2 - x) A. 16x + 2 B. 16x + 8 C. 20x + 1 D. 20x + 4
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Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression below?

4(5x + 2 - x)

A. 16x + 2
B. 16x + 8
C. 20x + 1
D. 20x + 4

User Haju
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the first thing we have to do is simplify the first equation by using the distributive property

4(5x)+4(2)+4(-x)

and that simplifies to 20x+8-4x
combine like terms
16x+8
User Gavi
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I am pretty sure the answer is A. 16x+2
User Artem Aliev
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